Access should keep it simple

[Disappointed]

I am very disappointed with Access XP. It just has to many faults. It
corrupts to easily (and doesn;t have a repair facility to cope). The
sub-report presentation in design view is a big step-back and far more
difficult to work with. I find that the Access design panes very often don;t
recognise a mouse click and this quickly becomes very annoying. The link
tables feature is not robust and links break down far too often. Give me more
time and I can on. What is going on over at the Microsoft Access department?
They obviously do not use their own product!

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

I am very disappointed with Access XP. It just has to many faults. It
corrupts to easily (and doesn;t have a repair facility to cope).

What specific sort of corruption are you talking about, data corruption
or code corruption? There are procedures to follow that minimize the
chances of both. Data corruption is generally due to bad networks or
bad users (powering off or killing Access from the task manager). Code
corruption is more common in A2K+ than in A97, because of the monolithic
project structure; however, you can practically eliminate it by
splitting the application and only modifying code and objects locally,
and by not editing code while objects are open.

The
sub-report presentation in design view is a big step-back and far more
difficult to work with.

Are you aware that you can right-click on a subform or subreport, in the
parent form's design view, and choose to edit it in a new window?

I find that the Access design panes very
often don;t recognise a mouse click and this quickly becomes very
annoying.

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Can you give an example, or
instructions to reproduce it?

The link tables feature is not robust and links break down
far too often.

I've never seen this. What sort of breakdown are you talking about?
I've never had a linked table's link "break down", unless of course the
target file was moved.

Give me more time and I can on. What is going on over
at the Microsoft Access department? They obviously do not use their
own product!

Sometimes I feel the same way, but more because of where they put their
effort than because of specific bugs. Still, if you are having specific
problems, why not ask about them in detail? Maybe there are known
workarounds.