William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Wed Aug 13 22:10:34 CDT 2008
...lol ...good question ...Live Mail is giving me fits and I wound up sorting incorrectly :) William "This war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, April 19, 2007 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:50 AM To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled > Hi William: > > One curious question comes to mind. How come the answer/question is > showing > up almost a year after it was originally sent???? > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:11 PM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled > > ...Asp was MS' first attempt at a web development language ...basically > vb.script with a web interface ...I did my first web site in years using > it > because its a subset of vba, but it had(has) many limitations ...Asp.Net > is > the next generation MS web development platform but it has absolutely > nothing in common with Asp except for the three letters ...its built on > the > MS dot.net platform and has an exhaustive suite of resources already built > in ...using Visual Studio Web Developer 8 with Asp.net 3.5, it is a > developer's dream ...the learning curve was not nearly as steep as I had > feared and you can do far more with far less code because the underlying > dot.net framework has so much built into it that you can just reference > and > go ...and with the free and very capable Express versions of VS8 and > SqlServer, you can afford to invest the time and effort to learn the tools > before actually ever having to buy anything. > > ...as I've said here before, all my new development work is being done in > Visual Studio 8 because there is so much more you can do than in Access > and, > > once past the learning curve, I think its at least as rad as Access > ...Visual Studio is one of those rarest of software products that MS > actually got right ...imnsho of course. > > William > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 12:00 PM > To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled > >> Hi Rocky: >> >> Undoubtedly, late for this thread but they are both languages for >> building >> web based applications. >> >> ASP was created by Microsoft and has much of the syntax of VBA so it is >> very >> easy to learn for all us access users... ASP.Net is ASP's next generation >> and is much more powerful application with an extensive. >> >> PHP is an open-source web application development tool. It is extensive >> in >> its features (it reminds me of old FoxPro with 5 to 10 ways to do >> anything) >> and is now the most used web application development tool out there. It >> runs >> happily on both Windows and Linux servers/stations >> >> PHP is also not difficult to learn but to really master can take a long >> time. There is a huge supply of template applications for PHP out there. >> Microsoft has provided an excellent development interface and there are a >> host of sample applications which can be used as templates for your own >> designs. >> >> To develop in either of these applications you have to have IIS or Apache >> (I >> do not know whether Apache and ASP.net play together) running on your >> development station/server. It is then easy to install ASP.Net on that >> station/server but if you have not installed PHP before you are really >> going >> to have to read that installation guide. I have both running off my >> development server and have applications that use pages created with >> both. >> >> I like working with ASP.Net as it is accompanied with an excellent Visual >> Application Development tool and is almost as user friendly as Access. >> But >> like Access to really use it you have to be willing to get down and >> dirty. >> >> I could prattle on for a while but I believe the covers the high-lights. >> >> HTH >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin >> at >> Beach Access Software >> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 8:52 AM >> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled >> >> At the risk of running afoul of a moderator: what's the difference >> between >> ASP and PHP in terms of when you would use each? (I'm thinking I should >> learn one of these.) >> >> TIA >> >> Rocky >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte >> Foust >> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:57 AM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled >> >> You won't like the answer: ASP.Net >> >> Charlotte Foust >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Julie >> Reardon-Taylor >> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 7:20 AM >> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >> Subject: [AccessD] Access Front-End via Web Enabled >> >> Looking for some opinions on what people are using for a web-enabled >> access >> database. I have used replication for some applications, but would now >> like >> to move the front-end to a browser so that the input can be done via a >> web >> page over a wireless connection. >> >> Have toyed with data access pages, but not sure if that is a good >> solution. >> >> This application has three subform levels and the scripting may be an >> issue >> in DAP. >> >> Did I read a posting on AccessD at some point that DAP are going to be >> out >> in the next version of Access? >> >> What are other people using as forms via the www? >> >> >> >> Julie Reardon >> PRO-SOFT OF NY, INC. >> 44 Public Square Suite #5 >> Watertown, NY 13601 >> Phone: 315.785.0319 >> Fax: 315.785.0323 >> www.pro-soft.net >> NYS IT Services Contract CMT026A >> NYS Certified Woman-Owned Business >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Learn.Laugh.Share. 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