[AccessD] Find First in an Array? - The Solution Revisited - Now Tag is the Answer

Max,

I spent months one time (late 90s) designing my first iteration of the LightWeight Security System, 
using only tags and form properties.  It stored a ton of security information into the tags, and 
information about the forms into the form's custom properties.  It worked.  It was tough to 
troubleshoot.

I wrote custom forms to read the tags out and display them for me so that I could see what was 
happening in my code.  It worked.  It was TOUGH troubleshoot.

I ended up with a functioning system, quite complex functionality, doing exactly what I intended it 
to do, using control tags to store a whole TON of information about each control, loaded with the 
form, ready to go.  It worked.  It was TOUGH to troubleshoot.  It was tough to make changes to.  The 
code was byzantine.

I would do it all over again if that was the only tool at my disposal, but it isn't any more.  Given 
the tools I now have I do not use the tags anymore.

Back in the late 90s when I was doing that stuff my systems were running on 100 and 200 mhz 
machines.  They had 128 megs of RAM.  They had slower hard drives.  I did not even know collections 
existed (which I still find hard to believe!).

Tags absolutely made sense, if for no other reason than that the hardware was barely up to the task.

So it is at the very least safe to say that I have more experience with using tags than MOST of the 
AccessD users.  You strike me as a guy that may have me beat though.

;)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Max Wanadoo wrote:
>>> William, I used tags, more than anyone in AccessD, I would bet a paycheck
> on that 
> 
> Wheredya get a paycheck from?  I want one!
> 
> Max
> Laugh more than cry.  Smile more than frown.  Be generous in  spirit.  And
> always stand your round in the pub!