[AccessD] Expressions

I worked on such an application about 5 years ago and still have it on 
backup.
It would be interesting to see if we couldn't build a custom front-end to 
this.

Microsoft Expression with Windows Presentation Foundation,
Xaml, C#, and Silverlight are not yet mature, but they're a lot of fun!

Sounds like you'll be getting into web services also?

Michael R Mattys
Business Process Developers
www.mattysconsulting.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 5:09 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Expressions


> Rocky
>
> "Expression Engine" is a decent web content management system, "MS
> Expression" is a Microsoft web development suite of tools targeted at the
> web site "designer" market ...neither is anything like an Access desktop 
> fe
> nor serves the same purpose ...if the desire is to have a browser based
> fe/web app for an Access be, then the best tool for your existing skill 
> set
> would probably be Visual Studio 2010 ...the VS 2010 Express, Web Developer
> version is free and can probably do what you need, certainly in the 
> learning
> stage ...but the Pro version allows you to compile your code into a dll
> which meets your criteria for code security.
>
> ...assuming that the client is looking for a browser based solution on a 
> web
> site, and anticipates high traffic, an mdb be can be problematic ...an
> Access be on the web can handle several hundred users a day quite well
> ...but anything more and your client will need to move to a SQL Server be.
>
> ...either way, if you're looking at anything more than a desktop fe for
> their current mdb be, the learning curve can be quite steep ...VB.net is 
> NOT
> vba ...it's a fe programming language for the .net framework, object
> oriented, and the web resources are quite a bit more limited than for vba 
> or
> C#.net.
>
> ...however, Shamil and a group of AccessD developers recently did a
> conversion of the Northwind.mdb to .net and the entire project, both 
> results
> and the interim steps to get there are hosted on codeplex and available 
> for
> download ...it's a great learning tool that would have helped me immensely
> in my first foray into .net apps ...if you decide to take the client on,
> that would be the first place I'd look to especially since help is
> immediately available from those you already know and respect.
>
> William
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 1:21 AM
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Expressions
>
>> The BE is already Access.  The programming to be done is the process of
>> connecting the patients with doctors - kind of like a medical eHarmony.
>> Currently the referrals are being done manually.  So they know how to do
>> it.
>> But they're ramping up so the manual approach is getting quickly
>> overwhelmed.
>>
>> R
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 8:11 PM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Expressions
>>
>> Hi Rocky:
>>
>> Isn't Expression a web designer type tool... it specialized in blog
>> building
>> similar to WordPress. It also has a number programming features built
>> within
>> it so it can be made fairly functional. OTH it is supposed to be a cruddy
>> web designer not at all like my favourite Dreamweaver.
>>
>> I think MS Access is probably a better database management tool but it is
>> not designed for web deployment. So I guess it depends on whether the
>> application is to be desktop or web based.
>>
>> For you, the ultimate would be to quickly hack together an Access BE with
>> all the business logic built in and quickly put together a custom built
>> web
>> site FE and I would recommend Dreamweaver for ease of use... but that
>> would
>> just be my personal opinion.
>>
>> The optimum would be to build the whole in something like ASP.Net or many
>> of
>> the excellent frameworks that are out there.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
>> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:10 PM
>> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>> Subject: [AccessD] Expressions
>>
>> A potential client is trying to decide whether to create a very
>> proprietary
>> algorithm (for matching up patients with doctors - kind of a medical
>> dating
>> service if you will) in Access or Expression Engine.  I don't know about
>> Expression.  Good alternative?  Can you protect your code with 
>> Expression?
>>
>>
>>
>> MTIA
>>
>>
>>
>> Rocky
>>
>>
>>
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