[AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad?

...I'm not sure that is the real world ...what I think we're seeing is that 
moving Access out from under the SQL team and into the Office team has taken 
some getting used to on both sides ...under SQL, the Access team was 
developer focused, where the Office team thinks of "developers" as Word and 
Excel geeks ...so what we saw in 2007 was the Office Ribbon, a "user" 
focused "enhancement" and to hell with the geeks/developers ...but 2010 
seems to be a return to focus on developers.

...I can dream ...I'm still buried in learning dot. Net but my cash flow is 
still Access ...I still use A2k3 but A2k10 looks interesting and clients are 
starting to ask when I'm going to upgrade them.

William

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From: "David McAfee" <davidmcafee at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 3:51 PM
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Using macros - good thing or bad?

> They want us, as developers, to move away from Access all together. ;)
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Steve Schapel <miscellany at mvps.org> 
> wrote:
>> Jim,
>>
>> I have not heard any credible suggestion of Microsoft wanting to "move 
>> away
>> from VBA" for Access, nor can I imagine anyone aspiring to make macros
>> emulate or replace full VBA functionality.  If there was, I would agree 
>> with
>> you totally.
>>
>> Regards
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Jim Dettman" <jimdettman at verizon.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:33 AM
>>
>>>  I haven't looked at 2010 yet (install still sitting on the desktop) and
>>> while macro did make progress in 2007, they are still a far cry from 
>>> VBA.
>>>
>>>  And macros still can't call anything external (Win API, DLLs, COMs, 
>>> etc).
>>>
>>>  Microsoft has a long way to go with they want to move away from VBA and
>>> the security of macros.  At least from my view point anyway.
>>
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