[AccessD] Access and source control

[Salakhetdinov Shamil]

 Arthur --

Thank you for your sharing your experience about MS Access applications development during recent years.
Perhaps, recently released by Microsoft Office Add-Ins ( http://tinyurl.com/qb9pbkj ) based on/using JavaScript API for Office ( http://tinyurl.com/zhg5o9s )  and Office UI Fabric ( http://dev.office.com/fabric  ) will help to revive real MS Access web apps development?

-- Shamil

>Saturday, January 23, 2016 9:52 AM -05:00 from Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>:
>
>Shamil,
>
>My experience pretty much reflects Gustav's. About the only time I get a
>specific request for Access is from a client whose current solution is an
>Access app that I wrote, and they want enhancements. There are lots of jobs
>and gigs out there for .NET developers, but I've not gone beyond the basics
>with that, so can't compete there.
>
>I still use Access for little toy databases and test programs, but have
>moved to Alpha Anywhere for serious work, primarily because of its
>"anywhere" capabilities -- you can run the same app on a phone, a tablet
>and a web browser. Another really cool thing about Alpha is its ability to
>run "disconnected", i.e. install some small subset of the database on the
>mobile device, run the app against it, then connect to the full database
>and synchronize the changes.
>
>Also, the web/mobile stuff has custom keyboards and number pads that make
>it a lot easier to input data on a tablet.
>
>Arthur
>
>On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 6:14 AM, Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk > wrote:
>
>> Hi Shamil
>>
>>
>> 1.       We haven’t had any requests for Access applications for years.
>> That said, we’ve never really had, because clients ask for solutions and
>> really don’t care how they are solved. Some ask for ”web solutions” but
>> that’s rather because of the easy access to such apps. In many cases, a
>> Remote Desktop solution is much easier to establish – it is browser
>> independent and works from Macs too.
>>
>>
>> 2.       Our old accounting package made in Access is still running for
>> many clients.
>>
>>
>>
>> 3.       Through the years, I have only met two or three, and all were a
>> mess. I would warn against it at any time.
>>
>> /gustav
>> <<< skipped >>>
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