Access and Dot Net

J

JBC

Will access ever be invented under the Dot Net scope??? I am studing Visual
Basic Dot Net, and I am finding Access handles so many task that you have to
manually do in VB.Net that I would love to find out if Access will go the way
of VB as they have in the past.

Or is there a compiler that will translate Access MDB files into a EXE stand
alone.
 
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Arvin Meyer

As you are discovering, Access is, bar none, the best tool for doing
database front-ends. Nothing else even comes remotely close.

VBA is not just prevalent in Access, it is also used extensively in other
Office apps, as well as MapPoint, AutoCAD, and other applications. I'm not
sure if a compiler will do the trick because there are some differences like
datatypes which present a problem. OTOH, Microsoft is committed to keeping
existing Office applications viable at least through several more versions.

I suspect even longer (most 16 bit apps still run on XP) as there's a huge
amount of work which must be supported. Corporations have hundreds of
billions of dollars invested in Office and Access applications. My take is
that most corporations simply won't buy any products that negate that
investment. That forces Microsoft to somehow maintain compatibility, which
should ease your mind.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access Downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
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