[AccessD] Access/SQL

.Net is not running native code either. 

FTP.exe, Net.exe, IPConfig.exe  etc are not "third party controls", they are part of Windows 
and frequently are "native code".  None of "all that entails" involved .

However, when I want real programming power, I don't use Access or .Net.

:-)

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Stuart

On 14 Nov 2009 at 7:29, jwcolby wrote:

> Shelling is not running native code it is running expernal 
> applications, which is a "third party control" with all that entails.
> 
> I am not claiming that Access is useless, I am claiming that it is not even in the same league with 
> .Net in terms of programming power.