[AccessD] Access 2007 Question

Typed variables, requiring variables to be dimmed prior to use, looping structures, case statements, 
returning values from functions, passing variables by value / reference, collections, classes, 
modules, libraries...

Uhh... a real programming language?  Obviously they don't call them Macros for nothing.

I see this probably allowing power users to do more, make more of a mess that has to be cleaned up 
by the consultant hired to clean up messes.  This means more consulting work, more hours of cleanup.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Rocky Smolin wrote:
> In general, why is there a preference for VBA over macros?  I can see where
> VBA might have more flexibility but for repetitive cookie cutter tasks
> aren't macros quite effective?  
> 
> Rocky
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin Reid
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 9:36 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 Question
> 
> This gives you a good idea of where macros are going
> 
> http://blogs.msdn.com/access/archive/2009/07/28/meet-the-access-2010-macro-d
> esigner.aspx
> 
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
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> [accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
> [cfoust at infostatsystems.com]
> Sent: 26 October 2009 16:22
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> 
> Access certainly used to have a wizard for converting macros to code, but it
> didn't do a very good job, since it created obsolete code in the process.
> 
> Charlotte Foust
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:39 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Access 2007 Question
> 
> I have downloaded and built all the Access 2007 template apps. Every single
> one of them does its magic with macros not with VBA. This begs some
> questions:
> 
> 1. Does this indicate that developers are no longer welcome in the Access
> community? How are we to read this, when even Northwind has been translated
> to macros from VBA code?
> 
> 2. Is there a wizard that converts a macro to VBA code? Or should I just cut
> and paste the macro in question to the code window and then attempt to
> translate it to VBA code?
> 
> 3. Should we Access developers regard this as the definitive signal to move
> to Visual Studio or some other dev platform? (Just about the only thing that
> keeps me on Windows is Access; take away that and you may as well call me an
> Ubuntu boy.)
> 
> Arthur
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