Mark Simms
marksimms at verizon.net
Sat Aug 27 08:58:25 CDT 2011
But Drew, don't you think this is by INTENTION ? MSFT had to be careful to protect both their dot-net and SQL Server platforms. Both are huge money-makers. Making Access too powerful may have compromised the power of those platforms. Just another confirmation of this: Microsoft did not purchase MZTOOLZ.... Which would have been a tremendous feature for VBA development. > Hey, I'm not knocking Access, it is a great tool. But Microsoft has > not kept up the pace with features that would make Access the truly awesome > product it could be. > > While I agree, that you can do a LOT with Access, there is a difference > between a trick, and a true capability. > > For example, if I asked you to make an Android App with Access, you > can't do that. > > Drew