[AccessD] Make Access real again

It saddens me immensely that I suspect that you're correct. I'm going to
take the liberty of a few assumptions....

1, Given the prices posted on microsoft's sites, the cost of including
Access 2010 in the bundle is about an additional $200+.
2. IME, only one in ten clients is any version beyond Windows XP and Access
2003; but suddenly various gigs require expertise in Access 2010! I can
recall only one client who was willing to try migrating his app to 2007. We
had to wrestle a few pigs to the ground, but after a couple of weeks it
worked nicely in 2007, and offered significantly new benefits as well.
3. I'm in the process (following some examples) of porting an Access app to
C# 2010. This is FUN! I fail a lot, but thanks to the Immediate window I
can quickly locate my stupidities, slap my forehead and go "Doh! Stupid
brain!")

Inch by inch, and the older you grow, the longer grow the inches.

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:

> True but I think my initial wish list are the very basics.
>
> Your requests are the real cream and we wouldn't want the new MS Access to
> be the very best application development platform out there would we?
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 6:12 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Make Access real again
>
> No Jim, much more than that.
>
> They've got to improve the IDE; purchase MzTools and SmartIndenter addins
> and integrate them,
> Improved cross referencing, etc.
> Build-in sort functionality into VBA.
> Remove form limitations.
> The list goes on and on....
> >
> > Hi Mark:
> >
> > All Microsoft would have to do to make Access a real application again
> > is to
> > bundle and integrate Express SQL and the VS express, with it and create
> > a
> > migration path/product from VB to .Net and from MDB to SQL...and maybe
> > do
> > the same for Excel.
> >
> > Jim
>
>
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