On Jan 28, 3:38 am, "Tony Toews [MVP]" wrote:
I'd very much like to see a business rules layer implemented that worked well within
Access. However I rather much doubt we'll ever see it given that Microsoft is
focusing their attentions on the office information worker rather than the developer.

I saw your earlier post on this and wondered if you were being
genuine. Now that I see you are...

Seriously, have you tried doing this kind of thing in Visual Studio
2005 i.e. using the .NET framework? I was helping a work colleague
(non-dev) recently who was using the free version of VS to do a simple
club subscriptions app, with data bound controls, navigation bar, etc
i.e. at a glance very reminiscent of Access Forms (except the look and
feel was much nicer g). I've also made initial investigations into
third party frameworks (i.e. extending .NET framework) to bind
business rules' logic to controls. If you believe that MS are not
evolving Access in the developer's interests (and I think you may well
be correct) and at the same time are making .NET Windows Forms
development more accessible (pun intended), maybe it's time to re-
evaluate your personal direction...

Jamie.

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