Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed Nov 13 15:08:50 CST 2013
Hi Shamil and Arthur: I would also add that a product that would move applications towards creating web based results would be the first choice...less platform dependency. PS. Thanks for the link. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 10:46:17 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Poll: Question for Access Developers 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 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 12:05 PM -05:00 from Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>: >Imagine that some firm emerged with an Access compiler, that skipped all >the Run-Time stuff and generated an EXE that supported everything that in >V.1.0 supported everything up to and including Access 2007, but thanks to a >switch could permanently hide various Access objects such as the Database >window etc.. Would you be interested in such a product? Or alternatively, >would you just prefer to move on to another product such as Visual Studio, >Alpha Anywhere, etc.? > >-- >Arthur >-- >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Салахетдинов Шамиль -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com