"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalidwrote in
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"Pages" as in the web page UI to an MS Access back end.
Just had a lunchtime discussion with a couple of co-workers and none
of us have been able to actually use a "Page".... but our experiences
were all several years ago... we tried it back then, found we couldn't
do anything "Real-World" with it, and gave up.
Anybody actually doing something with these things?
If so, what version of MS Access?
I have used DAPS to provide specific data editing capability of Ms-Sql
databases in a simple, small, downloadable application. I have found that
exporting an ADP form to or as a DAP is an instantaneous way of creating
such an application.
Many years ago I created X-Base applications. The design of a browse
interface, similar to Access's datasheet or continuous form, its
navigation, refresh and delete components, was enormously challenging. To
be able to have a colorful, powerful interface, one hundred per cent sound
in those aspects, created in a few seconds, tiny enough to be sent around
the world in even less time, immediately fully usable, and available as a
web-site address is quite amazing.
So why did MS stop with them? I expect for exactly those reasons. Who is
going to pay for .Net when one can have a quite useful application
available on any computer with Office extensions for nothing?
--
lyle fairfield
Ceterum censeo Redmond esse delendam.
