"aaron kempf" wrote

just for the record:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=aaron.kempf%
40gmail.com&hl=en&lr=&selm=Ou8g5md0EHA.1524%40TK2M SFTNGP09.phx.gbl&rnum=3

this is the link, in microsoft.public.access
where Microsoft censored me. So don't
you go about telling me who censors me
and who doesn't.

I see nothing in all 17 posts in that thread to indicate that (1) you were
censored or (2) that any Microsoft person posted to the thread at all. Could
you clarify just what in that thread indicates that Microsoft censored you?

.. . .

I just want some CLARIFICATION on
what is happening with ADP; Microsoft
kept on telling me that it is being 'depecreated
in Office 12' but they don't bother to tell
me EXACTLY what that means.

"Deprecated", in Redmond-speak, means they are no longer recommending you
use that feature, that you do it another way. That other way could only be
MDB or DAP, since those are the only other two options in Access. It
_implies_, too, that they don't have plans to exert a great deal of effort
on that feature/function because they think you ought to do it another way.
So, I fear you are screaming your demands into a strong wind blowing the
other way from Redmond.

Perhaps the statement that they are deprecating ADP might be translated to
"we thought this was a good idea, and we implemented it, but it didn't
really turn out as well as we had hoped, so we aren't going to do any more
with it", but perhaps there are other equally probable translations, too. I
doubt Microsoft is likely to endorse my translation, though. G

....

So I am done; I am going to take some
classes on Oracle or something

Good luck. Oracle is a server database, like Microsoft SQL Server, not a
user interface tool. Oracle does make an application server and has an
"Oracle Forms" capability, but those are far too complex, and thus far too
expensive, for most individuals or even smaller organizations, and not
useful except with Oracle databases, if memory serves. Sybase's PowerBuilder
is a front-end creation tool, but your clients or your employer will have to
have support for it on their systems. It, too, would be significantly more
expensive than Access.

If you are looking for a next-generation development environment to interact
with Microsoft databases, you might want to look into Visual Studio.NET's
VB.NET, C#, and ASP.NET. Borland, among others, also plans to have some
..NET-compatible development tools. And, there are open-source projects to
address .NET development.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP