[AccessD] Poll: Question for Access Developers

Shamil,

I thought that LightSwitch was declared dead by MS. Perhaps I'm wrong.

Arthur


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>wrote:

>  Hi Arthur --
>
> Access 1.0 - 2007 compiler, converting mdbs with VBA modules into
> VB.NET/C# sources, compiling them into DLLs and linking with  .NET-based
> runtime engine (EXEs and DLLs) would be useful I suppose.
> VBA as it's now - is 'evil' (I mean not VBA language but its unstable for
> 'legal tricks' engine) - it should be substituted with VB.NET/C#, or
> interpreted using VB.NET/C# based new engine.
> In theory such a compiler compiling into .NET exe can be done (I do not
> see any technical obstacles) as the current version of VB.NET/C# covers
> VB6/VBA (including dynamic binding, eval etc.) - actually current versions
> of VB.NET and C# have much more powerful and very effectively working
> late binding VB6/VBA have never had. All the MS Access 1.0-2007
> functionality can be programmed/interpreted by using VB.NET/C#...
>
> In practice I think Visual Studio LightSwitch (
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ff796201.aspx ) is going to
> occupy the niche of "MS Access 1.0-2007 compiler". So the chances of "MS
> Access 1.0 - 2007 exe compiler" to appear are very low. I'd be happy if I'd
> be found wrong with my last statement.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -- Shamil
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