[AccessD] Access 2007

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John,
 Come on now, tell us how you really feel about it? :-).

I also don't like the new ribbon system, hate it more like it.

First "adopter" sales for Office 2007 sales where much greater then with
2003, not that it means much...

My biggest problem (not withstanding the ribbon system) with A07 is how
to secure my table links, query's, tables and such, and how much slower
designing in it is.

Oh, and the solution for the original posted problem was simple (stupid
really). In earlier versions you could call a sub from the event
=ClickMe(27), (not really supposed to be able to do that but can). In
Access 2007 they fixed that "loop hole" so you can only call a function
like that.

WBR
~Robert


jwcolby wrote:
> LOL, well there must be something wrong since the whole world is not buying
> in.
> 
> Vista just has a reputation of creating a ton of problems, many of them in
> the Digital Rights world, many more in performance.  My understanding is
> that this stuff is built into the OS itself so that a display screen that
> doesn't have the digital rights stuff will just prevent Vista from
> displaying anything that has digital rights stuff.  Understand that I just
> read this stuff, I don't actually have it installed on any machines.  Much
> of the stuff that is really important is only available to the expensive
> "business" versions.  
> 
> I don't use Vista so I can't speak for or against it.  You do, so tell us,
> what does Vista do for you that is the "killer app" that makes you think it
> rocks?  Why would my business users (clients) pay tens of thousands of
> dollars to upgrade every machine in the house?
> 
> As for Office, the ribbon bars kill all of my client's applications.  I
> write databases, not toys for power users.  My clients DEMAND wall to wall
> access to their display screens, and they are, TO A MAN, sitting at 800 x
> 600 right now.  None are willing to force their users to move up to a higher
> resolution to give me more screen real estate to work with.  So my forms
> EXACTLY fit an 800 x 600 screen.  Throw in a ribbon bar that cannot be
> disabled and suddenly my forms have sliders and part of the form is off the
> screen.
> 
> I have not found a satisfactory solution that allows me to turn off the
> ribbon bars.  Microsoft has decided to FORCE me (and my clients) to show
> these things.  Se la vie, I can stay with Office 2003 for the rest of my
> life.  And since my clients don't use it, and since it wreaks havoc
> switching from 2007 back to 2003 which I use for development, why would I
> install it?
> 
> Office, and Access (and computers for that matter) are tools for getting a
> job done.  Imagine that you bought a new power screwdriver and the
> manufacturer suddenly decided that they would only allow you to use it to
> screw things in, but couldn't use it to unscrew things.  It is a TOOL, it
> has specific functionality, it is not the manufacturer's business how I use
> the tool.  Wouldn't it piss you off JUST A LITTLE to have the manufacturer
> suddenly tell you how you could and could not use it?
> 
> Microsoft has decided that it is their business to force my users to display
> their ribbon bar.  BAD BUSINESS!!!
> 
> It really makes no difference if YOU like  it, or MICROSOFT likes it, what
> matters is that MY USERS don't want it (ribbon bars), and I can't turn it
> off.
> 
> So it can rock on YOUR system till the cows come home, but my clients simply
> are not installing it, and I am recommending that they do not if I am asked.
> 
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Shamil
> Salakhetdinov
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:23 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007
> 
> Hello John,
> 
> I have MS Office 2007 and Vista Ultimate on my DELL notebook - they really
> rock! :)
> 
> What's wrong with them IYO? :)
> 
> --
> Shamil
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:28 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007
> 
> Office 2007 is the Vista of the office world.  Everyone thinks it has cool
> new features, no one wants to go there. 
> 
> Including me!
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
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