[AccessD] Access 2010+ with SharePoint

Mark Simms marksimms at verizon.net
Thu Dec 31 08:31:45 CST 2015


Again, without a Javascripting capability, these apps are worthless.

Microsoft could easily create a VBA-to-Javascript facility....
But they do not....and this is on purpose.

However, and interestingly, I would like to know if the change to Azure has
improved performance.

>
>   A2013 and A2016 have something called Web Apps, which are a change
> from
> Web Databases in A2007/2010.
>
>   With 2007/2010, the FE was in SharePoint, as well as the data, which
> was
> stored in SharePoint Lists.
>
>   For A2013 and up, the FE is still in SharePoint, but the data is now
> stored in SQL Server in the cloud (Azure).
>
>   Thoughts are; not good for much.   Web Apps have a limited set of
> forms
> and controls, only a half dozen so events, and you have to use macros.
> There is also no reporting.  In short, they are good for nothing but
> basic
> CRUD operations.




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