[AccessD] Access 2007 Question

 > But the 'programming priesthood' of .NET excludes the talented amateurs

Ooooohhh so I would be a priest?  ;)

In case you hadn't noticed I am one of the "talented amateurs".  I jut refuse to allow the priests 
to exclude me.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Kenneth Ismert wrote:
> Hi, again. Some responses:
> 
> For me, one of the biggest arguments for VBA over macros is searchability.
> You can't search macros or form and report properties. For large projects,
> having all of the dependencies and interactions in code is a huge advantage.
> 
> Mark Simms:
> 
>> Why can't they translate much of the VBA by creating a Javascript library
>> of
>> functions and objects and then create a translator to convert the VBA code
>> to Javascript ?
>>
> 
> Emulating VBA in JavaScript is doable, but all VBA code in Access is
> intimately tied to the Access object library, as well as DAO, ADO, etc. It
> would be impractical to move such a huge amount of support functionality to
> JavaScript, and infeasible to use it directly via remote procedure calls
> against the real application on the other side of the internet.
> 
> 
>> I think an Access 2010 app ported to the 'net stripped of VBA will be
>> mostly
>> useless.
>>
> 
> Certainly for all of us old-timers who have Access/VBA projects that we want
> to port. But for Access newbies, the ability to publish to the web through
> SharePoint will be quite a carrot. Most will be more than happy to forgo VBA
> to get that capability.
> 
> John W. Colby:
>> In the meantime I am learning C#.Net.  C# is much more powerful in many
>> ways, and if future jobs allow me to choose between C# and Access 2007 (or
>> beyond) you better believe I will use C# rather than Access.
>>
> 
> That's clearly where Microsoft wants everyone to go for serious development.
> But the 'programming priesthood' of .NET excludes the talented amateurs who
> could build a salable application with Access, but don't have a prayer of
> doing the same in Visual Studio.
> 
> -Ken