[AccessD] Access 2010 specialised form controls

I've just picked up a new client who run Access 2010 and have done a
'bit of their own' front-ending into a SQL Server b/e, embedding reports
on forms etc.   I'm to pick up this f/e and add features. 

 

A couple of questions:

1. I tried porting back their Access f/e to 2003 so I could do some
_real_ development, but the time taken to find all the things that
Access says prevent me from doing this just isn't worth it.  I tried for
a couple of hours, but gave up.   So ... get used to it?   Or not?
(that's a question)

2. They want a Sales figure to show graphically.   But the graphic they
want is akin to a speedo on a car, circular dial, and all that stuff.
I tried Googling but quite honestly I ran into cross-referencing
problems mixing car terminology with Access forms terminology.  Anybody
know of something?

 

MTIA

 

Stephen Bond 

Otatara, New Zealand 

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