Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Fri Aug 9 18:15:06 CDT 2013
Impressive. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2013 2:46:30 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons - Basic4Android and TechBasic In the Port Moresby area, the local people (Motu Koitabu) have their own local government "Assembly". They have a separate electoral roll with about 25,000 eligible voters. We recently did a complete roll update exercise using 14 teams (assigned to different "wards") equipped with a B4A app on Android tablets - an SQLite database containing the complete roll and screens to update records and enroll newly eligible voters. Once they had completed the exercise, it only took about it 1/2 an hour to transfer all the data and update the master roll. It worked great. -- Stuart On 8 Aug 2013 at 9:57, Rocky Smolin wrote: > Good to know. My first 'bus man's holiday' will probably be with B4A. > > R > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks > Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 9:20 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons - Basic4Android and TechBasic > > Rocky, > > I recently did some fun R&D work in the world of iDevices and Android > devices. These realms were completely new to me. > > I wanted to build a simple "tablet application" to collect a small amount of > data and then FTP the data so that I could get at it from a Windows Server > (to control an Microsoft Access "Reporting Application"). > > I purchased both Basic4Android and TechBasic (for the Apple realm). Both > products are inexpensive, but quite powerful. I was able to build the > little FTP application for both the Apple world and the Android world quite > easily. > > As I recall, Basic4Android was $34 (on sale from $50) > > TechBasic was only $12.00, but to deploy on additional Apple devices > requires a second $50 product and as I understand it, there is a $100/year > charge from Apple for a "Developers License". > > Anyway, I have had some fun with these two products. I am amazed by the > capabilities of both products considering the small costs. Both products > have the "feel" of Visual Basic. > > Brad > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Tony Septav > Sent: Thu 8/8/2013 10:41 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons > > Hey Rocky > I bought into Alpha Five and everything Arthur has said is true, it blows > the socks off of Access (what ever version). The only problem I find with > the company, is once they have you hooked they want you to upgrade to their > new products at a "price". I have seen this before and I do not like it. > > Tony Septav > Nanaimo, BC > Canada > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin > Sent: August-07-13 11:22 PM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons > > OK - that's the kind of advice I was looking for. I wanted to go for tuba, > but it went with a divorce so I dropped that idea. > > R > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John R Bartow > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 4:24 PM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons > > Were I you, I'd go with a woodwind next ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 6:00 PM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons > > I've got a full Alpha as well as Basic 4 Android. If I wanted to develop a > fairly simple app, no database, to deploy on tablet and phone, which one > would be best to learn? > > R > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John R Bartow > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 9:06 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons > > Arthur, > Good job! I've had a client ask me to upgrade an app "so its work like a > browser does". > jb > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller > Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2013 7:03 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons > > You are right about that Gustav! I have tended to go for the "URL-like" > path in recent apps, and it seems to work. Users surf the net constantly and > the more they surf, the better they appreciate my efforts to resemble that > experience. > > Speaking of which, you have to check out the trial of Alpha Anywhere. This > is the killer app for multi-platform (desk, web, tablet, phone) development. > You can get a trial at alphasoftware.com. I think there is no better > development platform than this. > > > On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > > > Hi Rocky > > > > Except if your current buttons are ugly, which I guess not, you should > > advise him to spend his limited time on more important things - items > > that will raise productivity for example. > > Users want neat not fancy design, and 3D buttons are so much yesterday > > - like those of Access 1.x and 2.0. Even Apple with their revised UI > > design for the next iPhone knows this. > > > > I still recall the ugly standard buttons Borland came up with in > > Delphi > ... > > those with a big green checkmark and a big red cross cartoon-style > > overlay for the OK and Cancel buttons. > > > > /gustav > > > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > > Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Rocky Smolin > > Sendt: 7. august 2013 02:35 > > Til: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > > Emne: [AccessD] Better Looking Buttons > > > > Dear List: > > > > A client writes: "I would like to try and make the various buttons > > more three dimensional looking. Examples from Apple are in Exhibit K. > > Can we do something like this?" > > > > He's looking to give the command buttons a little sizzle. He's > > considering making the app I wrote to run his business into a > > commercial > app. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > MTIA > > > > Rocky Smolin > > Beach Access Software > > 858-259-4334 > > www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> www.e-z-mrp.com > > <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> > > Skype: rocky.smolin > > > > > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > Arthur > Cell: 647.710.1314 > > Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. > -- Niels Bohr > -- > 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 > > > -- > 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 > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3209/6558 - Release Date: 08/07/13 > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > This message was scanned by ESVA and is believed to be clean. > Click here to report this message as spam. > http://h0stname/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=B74BD28960.4F552 > > > > > > > -- > 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