Tony Septav
TSeptav at Uniserve.com
Tue Feb 11 16:09:48 CST 2014
Hey Arthur Not me, I do not vary from a product I have chosen. Alpha is what I will learn. In the past I looked and tried many different database formats (old fart even saying I tried DBase). I was good in these different formats but not proficient. Went through a learning curve at the time (Paradox was my favourite) and settled on ACCESS. I found, select a format and go for it and support it, forget about the others. Otherwise with so many products out there and I know everyone on this list could recommend their new favourite with pros and cons you just go around in circles. I am an old fart not like the youngies, I no longer have the time. Just got to shut the outside static out and concentrate. Tony Septav Nanaimo, BC Canada -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: February-11-14 3:48 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Alpha Proficiency Package Tony, Speaking of abandoning Access, lately I have been reading Base Handbook, a 230-page PDF describing Base, the LibreOffice equivalent of Access, sort of. It doesn't have a VBA equivalent, but it does have powerful macros. and it hooks to the other LibreOffice components as well as Excel. I'd call it the Linux equivalent of Access. So, for some applications, one could kill two birds with one stone - eliminate Office, including Access, and Windows as well, without having to resort to Wine. A. On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Tony Septav <TSeptav at uniserve.com> wrote: > Hey Arthur > I look at MicroSoft, who bring out new releases of Office. Have they ever > listened to the ACCESS developers, not on your life. You end up buying the > new release of Office and they have left the ACCESS developers out in the > cold. As I have listened to on this list everyone has been disappointed > with > many of the new releases. > Who would stay with a sinking ship. Sorry I am not a proponent of ACCESS > any > longer, it has become a dinosaur that has died, am I mad "Yes I am". Before > I get flamed, as I mentioned I loved developing in ACCESS for over 20 > years. > But reality says (as I see with many old ACCESS friends on the list) it is > time to move on. > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4259 / Virus Database: 3697/7084 - Release Date: 02/11/14