Tony Septav
TSeptav at Uniserve.com
Thu Nov 1 17:53:44 CDT 2012
Hey All Let's be honest, MS does not care. Why do we keep supporting this company. Access could be an incredible intermediate programming tool (small/medium businesses/ cell phones etc.)if it was supported. We do not see that and never have. Let us stop fooling ourselves. Enough said. Tony Septav Nanaimo, BC -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: November-01-12 5:11 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Regarding multi-value field, from a reader Because they don't need to. It all works fine the way it is. -- Stuart On 1 Nov 2012 at 18:02, William Benson wrote: > Why haven't they upgraded? I can't think of a single thing I am using today > that I used in 97. > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote: > > > One biggie for me is dropping support for Jet 3. "This change affects > > databases that are > > linked to Access 97 databases." > > > > I've got clients with lots of A97 backends. > > > > -- > > Stuart > > > > On 1 Nov 2012 at 15:06, Jim Dettman wrote: > > > > > > > > If you haven't figured it out, we (developers) are not going to be in > > the > > > picture much longer. > > > > > > Microsoft just released details on Office and Access 2013: > > > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj162978(v=office.15).aspx > > > > > > Couple of quotes: > > > > > > "A new interactive view designer makes it easy for users who have little > > or > > > no programming experience to build apps. " > > > "A new application model enables subject matter experts to quickly create > > > and share applications that can be used to run their business. " > > > > > > They are focused on the end user and nothing but and everything is > > about > > > the cloud and Office 365. Traditional desktop development with Access is > > > out. > > > > > > Here's a list of what got pulled out: > > > > > > > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178954%28v=office.15%29.aspx; > > > > > > > > > Two biggies from that: > > > > > > 1. Access 2003 toolbars and command bars are no longer supported. You > > > *must* use the ribbon. > > > 2. ADP's are gone. > > > > > > And there's a bunch of other stuff, like Pivot Charts. > > > > > > Jim. > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris > > > Fields > > > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 02:52 PM > > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Regarding multi-value field, from a reader > > > > > > Well, for what it's worth, I agree with everybody who said don't use > > > multi-value fields! Geez, we go to lots of trouble to normalize our > > > data and then Access arrives with new specialties that at least look > > > like the destruction of normalization! Dang! > > > T > > > > > > Tina Norris Fields > > > tinanfields at torchlake.com > > > 231-322-2787 > > > > > > On 10/31/2012 7:08 PM, Susan Harkins wrote: > > > > Received the following from a reader: > > > > > > > > "I set up a multivalued field in Access 2010 using a List Box and > > > > providing a Value List with values M,T,W,R,F. Everything works fine > > > > but for one problem. When I chose M, W, F from my list, th > > > > emultivalued filed reads F, M, W ... i.e., the entries are sorted left > > > > to right whereas I want them to show up as M, W, F. Is there a way to > > > > do this?" > > > > > > > > =====Other than learning the basics so I could write about them, I > > > > don't use them and have almost no experience. Anyone have a quick and > > > > easy answer? I'm going to do a little research, but if anybody knows, > > > > please share! > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Susan H. > > > > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > *Regards,* > ** > ** > *Bill Benson* > *VBACreations* > ** > PS: You've gotten this e-mail *because you matter to me!* > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com