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ER diagramming wish list: send a request to Microsoft

DFS
MS has made many, many $millions selling Access as part of Office Pro.
There's no excuse for it not to have a better ER diagramming component, so
that when you talk to clients or work with other IT people you have
something more than the amateurish model currently produced.

Those interested should send a request to su*****@microsoft.com and ask them
to include some of the Visio ER diagramming features in Access (download
189mb Visio trial at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/visi...nfo/trial.mspx)

It shouldn't be a big job for them to integrate the Visio code into Access -
they already own it.

I'd like to see:

1) a fit to screen option
2) options for straight and right-angle connectors
3) a separate column to show primary keys, foreign keys and indexes
4) option to show datatype and size

Thanks
Nov 13 '05 #1
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On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:21:32 -0400, "DFS" <nospam@dfs_.com> wrote:

The few times that I really needed it, I upsized the db to SQL Server
and used its superior tools.

For Access, multiple diagrams (of part of the tables) is high on my
list. I'd say it's a "Hall of Shame" issue that they haven't built
that yet.

-Tom.

MS has made many, many $millions selling Access as part of Office Pro.
There's no excuse for it not to have a better ER diagramming component, so
that when you talk to clients or work with other IT people you have
something more than the amateurish model currently produced.

Those interested should send a request to su*****@microsoft.com and ask them
to include some of the Visio ER diagramming features in Access (download
189mb Visio trial at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/visi...nfo/trial.mspx)

It shouldn't be a big job for them to integrate the Visio code into Access -
they already own it.

I'd like to see:

1) a fit to screen option
2) options for straight and right-angle connectors
3) a separate column to show primary keys, foreign keys and indexes
4) option to show datatype and size

Thanks


Nov 13 '05 #2

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