Charlotte Foust
charlotte.foust at gmail.com
Wed Aug 14 11:59:54 CDT 2013
Arthur, I did download it, but I didn't feel inclined to learn yet another dialect of Basic, especially when I saw the price! Charlotte On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>wrote: > Regarding web development, I have abandoned everything Access and switched > entirely to Alpha Anywhere. It's so much more powerful and flexible that > there is no comparison. The XBasic programming is so much more powerful > than VBA it's ridiculous. From a web point of view perhaps the most > amazing thing is Write Once, Play Anywhere. The same app will run on smart > phones, tablets, and traditional web browsers. It supports HTML5, > Javascript and several others. It talks to every conceivable back end. Its > sample apps blow the doors off the few and trivial samples offered with > Access. I could go on, but instead I'll just suggest that you download a > copy of the trial version and take it for a spin. Tell 'em I sent ya :) > > Arthur > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Carolyn Johnson <cjlabs at att.net> wrote: > > > You can't open a 2000 version database in 2013? Uggh. That explains > > all the crashing. I have several databases that I've kept as 2000 > format > > because I still have users with it (well, maybe not now, but I still have > > 2003 users and I like 2000 better). > > > > I've had 3 people using 2013 that say the database won't open. Since I > > don't have 2013, I haven't been able to look at it yet. Sounds like I > > have the answer. And some work to do. > > > > > > Carolyn Johnson > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Charlotte Foust > > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 12:44 PM > > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2012 Development > > > > > > Do you mean Access 2013, Arthur? I have it as part of Office 365. The > > big > > gotcha in it is that you can't convert open earlier than 2003 from > 2013. > > There are some new capabilities but for desktop type development, they > > aren't relevant, only if you're using sharepoint, building web apps, or > > using LightStream. > > > > Charlotte > > > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Arthur Fuller < > fuller.artful at gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Not much traffic here lately. Has anyone used Access 2012 for > > development? > > > IF so, does it offer much that 2007 and 2010 don't? > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Arthur > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >