[AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007

  The thing of it is, the few items he did mention that were a positive all
of us have already tackled and have in one form or another.

  To me A2007 is just a ho hum version and they can keep it.

Jim.   

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of David McAfee
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:59 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007

I agree with him on these A2007 problems:

Not being able to see a list of object sorted by modified date the way
you'd expect in Windows Explorer.

Losing Alt+D as a way to put the current object in design mode

Losing the toolbar item to automatically jump to a form or report's module
code

Missing right mouse click items like import/export

As for the Ribbon, I don't like the "Once you get used to it, its not
that bad" that I hear quite often.
I don't feel so many command/tol bar buttons need to be seen. As a
programer, I feel I need to know what the user needs to have available
to them,
If they do need something that can navigate view the menus (oops, they
removed them!).

"Overcoming Resistance to Change

For years, the Access community complained that Microsoft was
abandoning Access, that they didn't invest enough in it, that the Jet
Engine and DAO was dead, etc. Well, the Microsoft Access development
team for Access 2007 was the largest ever and Microsoft made a huge
investment that added considerable new features to Access."

I never really requested change. I hoped that they wouldn't abandon
Access, like was always rumored.

There are a few new cool features, but they never fixed some old bugs
that still go back to early versions of Access.

They still haven't made a list box with .fontcolor or
.selectedrowBackColor property.

The datasheet totals are cool, but I should provide that for my users
in their form. Remember, users shouldnt be accessing the
tables/queries directly.

"In Access 2007, a different approach is necessary for finding your
object. Rather than visually finding it, enter some letters of the
object name in the Search Bar, and the list of objects gets filtered
to just those names. This makes it very easy to find objects by name
-- especially text within an object name -- that wasn't possible
before. Once you are used to this, it's very difficult to go back."

Nah, give me my detail view. The ability to sort by Name and or date
is more important to me. My naming conventions is another way for me
to quickly find what I need.

The Date picker is nice, but is there a way to turn it off? THey may
be times where you don't want it to be displayed, or use your own
instead.

Just my worthless 2 cents,
David






On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:04 PM, <rusty.hammond at cpiqpc.com> wrote:
>
> I just thought I'd throw this out there and see everyone thinks.
>
> http://www.fmsinc.com/MicrosoftAccess/2007/Top-Features.html
> <http://www.fmsinc.com/MicrosoftAccess/2007/Top-Features.html>
>
> It does sound like there are some nice new features.  Whether they
outweigh
> the drawbacks...
>
>
> Rusty Hammond
>
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