[AccessD] Moving to .Net (was Ded Moroz sends you ...)

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Mon Jan 3 15:37:45 CST 2011


Can you guys take this disvussion over to the VB.  It's getting very long and way OT for the 
Access list.

Cheers,
Stuart


On 3 Jan 2011 at 6:42, jwcolby wrote:

> The curly brackets really just replace begin / end keywords in VB. 
> They mark blocks of code.
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
> On 1/3/2011 4:01 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> > Hi Dan
> >
> > It appeared to me that to equip VB.NET with the same options than
> > C#, MS have had to push the VB (or BASIC) syntax beyond its original
> > intention: to be a simple language easy to learn and easy to use.
> > Even with my solid VBA background I found it difficult to read
> > VB.NET and I realised that a lot of learning was required. Given
> > this task, I wondered if this wasn't the time to learn something
> > really new to me, C#. Highly inspired by Shamil and the fact that
> > about 95% of all code you meet when you look for code and tutorials
> > about Visual Studio and .Net, and that the popularity of C# had to
> > have a reason, I made the decision to go for C#. As everyone, I had
> > a time struggling with the curly brackets, but once you get over it
> > and begin to see the picture of the code, that picture is a beauty.
> > I cannot explain it, but it just gives me more pleasure to write C#
> > than VBA. Well, one reason is probably that I find it more well
> > thought-out for the purpose - you really feel that this language is
> > written by programmers (actually some of the best of this world) for
> > programmers.
> >
> > This is just my opinion and preference. There really is no "best"
> > language - I still write a batch file now and then - and everyone
> > should pick what they like.
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> >
> >>>> df.waters at comcast.net 02-01-2011 22:26>>>
> > Hi Gustav,
> >
> > What was it about C# where you liked its syntax better than VB.Net?
> > Especially coming from a VB6/Access background?
> >
> > Also - in C# prior to 2010 version, how did you work around not
> > having optional parameters?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Dan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav
> > Brock Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 3:30 PM To:
> > accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] Moving to .Net
> > (was Ded Moroz sends you ...)
> >
> > Hi Dan
> >
> > Don't know, but I did. And switched to C# to learn something new and
> > because I didn't like the syntax of VB.NET.
> >
> > /gustav
> >
> >
> >>>> df.waters at comcast.net 02-01-2011 19:48>>>
> >
> > .. But how many VB6 or Access developers (who loved VB6 and/or
> > Access) have moved to .Net?
> >
> >
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