[AccessD] Classes and Events - Stay with us

I can definitely speak to that, John.  Every bit of ADO programming and
all my work with classes helped reduce the steep learning curve for
.Net.  In .Net, it is definitely NOT DONE to copy and paste code here,
there and everywhere.  Instead you create helper classes to contain the
code and then call into those helper classes when you need to do the
same thing time and again.  We create our own control objects, which are
kind of like mini subforms for those who haven't yet made the .Net leap,
and give them their own methods and properties and appearance that fit
our usage and the look of our apps.  We have ONE combobox control.  It
gets populated through a helper class, it has a streamlined interface,
and it looks and behaves consistently across the application.  If we
need to change its behavior, we need do it only in one place, not in
every one of the hundreds of forms, subforms and user controls we have
in our applications.

Like you, I learned from Shamil.  I can remember reading his DEEP
article and falling madly in love!  LOL

Charlotte Foust

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Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 4:53 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Classes and Events - Stay with us

Thanks for the encouragement to me and to "the class".  It is very
important to those who haven't been exposed to classes and events to
hear from those who use them how useful this stuff is. 
Without that input from other developers it can just be "yea, yea, JC's
goin on about classes again".

I encourage any list members who use Classes and Events in Classes to
speak up and tell your own experiences using this stuff.  You might also
discuss how it helped when it came time to learn .Net.

Thanks,

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi John
> 
> You could have been a teacher. Thanks for allocation some of your time
for this series.
> 
> If some of you are still in doubt if this stuff is useful, think
twice. Years ago Shamil showed me how and I agree, it is like moving to
the next volume in the series on how to program in VBA.
> 
> By the way, an article or so from you on the subject once was at
http://www.databaseadvisors.com but now I can't locate it.
> Could be relevant to post a link if it is still there.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> 
>>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 10-02-2009 04:43 >>>
> I would urge all who are interested to stay with us on this.  I have 
> intentionally kept the individual emails small so that specific
concepts could be learned and absorbed before moving on.
> This means that the number of emails will be larger however, which
might appear daunting.
> 
> If you have questions about any individual part, please speak up.
> 
> Programming is fun, and classes and events are a very powerful tool.  
> Anyone who can program events behind a form can program those same
events in classes.
> 
> Each email should take you perhaps 1/2 hour to one hour to complete.  
> In just a few hours you too can learn things that will take your 
> skills to a new level.  Believe me, once you understand and can apply 
> these ideas your applications will never be the same.  You will bring
a whole new level of skill and ability to your career.
> 
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