Darryl Collins
darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au
Wed Aug 14 18:26:20 CDT 2013
I looked at this product, and if you require that sort of x-platform power and flexibility it seems like a great solution, although it is not inexpensive. I don't mind the cost so much as things of quality and reliability are rarely free or cheap. Besides, if they are making some coin they can continue to invest in the business and also keep supporting the product Although like others on this list I don't find a huge amount of joy in having to learn a new language and syntax. Must be getting old as when I was young I would just dive in and see what happens. For the sort of work I do these days, Access is still the best solution, but what we do is very 'in house' and needs to be highly flexible and easy to integrate with Excel and external data sources - there is little to no need to access the data via anything other than the PC on the server. Access is ideal for this, although the 2GB limit is sometimes annoying as we work with some very large datasets. So maybe one day, but not for me right now. This is nothing against their product. More it is not the right solution for what we need. That said, I have recommended them to others before, where I feel it would be a useful solution. cheers Darryl ________________________________________ From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com <accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> on behalf of Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, 15 August 2013 1:18 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2012 Development 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