[AccessD] SPAM-LOW: Access I love it

Tony,

What do you mean by "user's program"?  Obviously Access is a very powerful Rapid Application 
Development environment.  Can a user develop an Application?  The short answer is sure, given the 
smarts any user can do what we do.  The long answer is... how long did it take for you to get good 
at application development?  It took me years of doing nothing else.  Users generally have a "job" 
in the organization which is not usually application development.

I have users who develop reports and even forms.  Some add fields to tables, though I discourage 
that simply because the average user isn't thinking about normalization.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Tony Septav wrote:
> Hey All
> Often Access totally surprises me. I have an application that uses split 
> screens and 3 synched timer forms. The idea was to allow management to 
> input/update data and it would be displayed to the employees on the 
> floor. Initially I ran into problems with the timers and what Windows 
> was running in the background.  Brought in a friend of mine who is a 
> hardware/software guru. He turned a lot of stuff off. Since then the app 
> has been running flawlessly for 7 months now and  everyone is happy.  
> They visually have the information they need.
> My point
> Is Access a User's program or a true Developer's program?