[AccessD] Rick Fisher F and R a panacea?

[Jim Dettman]

Bill,

<<I am probably going to be labeled the most skeptical person ever - if not
an outright PITA, gadfly, and public nuissance, but ...>>

 Not at all.

<<Any time a tool is touted and I see pitfalls with it,>>

 The touting is that for $30, it's amazing what you get.  Even at 10x that
price, it would be worth it and every Access developer that doesn't own it
should.  To try and re-create what's there would probably be in the hundreds
of hours in development and testing.

 It's an absolute god send when your trying to clean-up an old DB, and is
more than helpful in developing your own.  Like I said, if you don't have
it, you should, and if you don't, download the trail edition and give it a
spin.

<<I agree that tool is useful, but no panacea. >>

 Absolutely and it's just that, a tool.  It's meant to be used, not do all
the work for you.

 Doing backups, deciding what needs to be changed, using the tool, checking
what was changed, etc. all are givens and go without saying.

 If your not doing any of that, then your not doing your job as a developer.

Jim.

-----Original Message-----
From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Benson
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2016 07:23 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Rick Fisher F and R a panacea?

Getting a little off topic from the previous thread to do a deeper delve on
F&R.

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