[AccessD] Access 2012 Development

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?
> >   >
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