[AccessD] Access 2010 + Navigation Forms

Hi Anita

Listen to your guts. I would say, to take the job depends on the people you will work with. Are they the kind of enthusiastic people you otherwise would like to work with - employed by you or vice versa?
Do they come to you with an open mind, are they prepared to Work with you for a success, do they realize that an Access app is not a spreadsheet, are they and the users prepared that the Access app will be "different" to work with than the spreadsheet? And, of course, are they prepared that it will take twice as long to finish than they expect, and do they have the budget for this? Finally, is management 100% behind the project?

You could, of course, turn it into a mission for killing spreadsheets, but you can't support your family that way.

/gustav

>>> anita at ddisolutions.com.au 06-12-13 23:38 >>>
Gustav, I know all too well - In fact I'm looking at converting an Excel app to Access at the moment, it's all over the place and I'm not even sure I want to take it on. I might live off porridge and fresh air instead of taking on that job.

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Friday, 6 December 2013 10:22 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2010 + Navigation Forms

Hi Anita

Maybe I've seen too much!

The difference could be, that users in general believe they can handle Excel while it is opposite for Access. So maybe a user maintained Access application will receive a little more respect than an Excel workbook.

/gustav


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Sendt: 6. december 2013 09:56
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Emne: Re: [AccessD] Access 2010 + Navigation Forms

Oh but Gustav, you are so upbeat It's hard for me to curb my enthusiasm  ;-)


" After some years it will end as an advanced Excel workbook where no one in the end knows why and how, nor by who it was created, and everything is a mess."



Anita Smith


Hi Charlotte

At the contract I am working on we gave up on the Navigation form for reasons though not identical then similar, and decided to bite the bullet and use the ribbon. It allows you to move many of the buttons you otherwise have sitting here and there for various tasks to a well-known location with strict design and behaviour. 


/gustav