Re: [LUG] furthering the revolution: ECDL

[kevin bailey <kevin_bailey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

bear in mind that Access can't handle users accesing the same records 
simultaneously very well,

kev

Simon Waters wrote:

> Mike Callaghan wrote:
>
> > What sort of front-ends offer levels of flexibility similar to
> > Access while retaining the power to work with the data in a variety of
> > ways?
>
> I always preferred VB to Access for form building and the like.
> Having used VB you realise that Access was just a meagre cut
> down version, with wacky controls.
>
> The extra know how required to build a VB app over Access is
> pretty minimal, indeed I never really mastered Access as after
> each attempt I'd think why am I bothering and build the app in
> VB faster and with more control. Access then just became
> something you use to make testing easier.
>
> Anything with databound controls replaces VB fairly easily in
> these circumstance. I've only use JBuilder in anger but they are
> pretty common these days.
>
> I didn't rate Star Office's tool for this kind of stuff.



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