[AccessD] Most common problems/situations

Hi Arthur,

I see you are looking specifically at  Access and not database per se. I'm
on different forums and most issues I see are related to database
design/Normalization. For me, the constantly changing user interface and
the increasing preoccupation with Web databases and the "potential demise
of the traditional desktop are concerns.

A little off your requested topic......

jack


On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm trying to gather a list of the most common problems and situations
> faced by an Access developer (strictly referring to design/coding/form
> types/control types/classes, etc., and leaving aside problems such as
> time-and-billing, getting paid in a timely fashion, how to factor into your
> billing rate the depreciation on your hardware and software investments,
> etc.).
>
> The initial ones that come to mind are:
> - Input masks
> - Master/Detail forms (could be nested, as in
> Customers/Orders/OrderDetails)
> - Combo boxes (also involves Cascading Combos and NotInList behaviour)
> - List boxes (also involves NotInList behaviour)
> - Linked forms (a pair of forms; navigation on either causes navigation on
> the other)
> - Office Integration (links to Excel, Word, Outlook,etc.)
> - Custom Nav buttons (assuming you don't like those built-in)
> - On-the-fly creation of new forms/dialogs/reports
> - Search and Filter facilities
> - Reports scoped to either the current row, or criteria
> - API calls
> - Export current record/report to PDF and email same
> - (Advanced) Creation of custom classes, most commonly custom controls
>
> These are the common problems I have commonly faced and addressed. Do you
> have others to add to this list? Eagerly seeking addition to this list.
>
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