New Access Version?

Does anyone know if a new version of Access is due to come out anytime soon?

Thanks,

Neil

Hi Neil,

I know the Microsoft team is hard at work on the next version, since I've had the privilege of
being on a small team of users that gets to preview new features and provide input. However, I
have not heard of any anticipated RTM (Release to Manufacturing) schedule yet.

Tom
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"Neil Ginsberg" wrote in message
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Does anyone know if a new version of Access is due to come out anytime soon?

Thanks,

Neil

Thanks Tom. We're using A2000 now and are considering upgrading to A2003.
Any thoughts on that, as opposed to waiting for the next version?

Neil

"Tom Wickerath" wrote in message
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Hi Neil,

I know the Microsoft team is hard at work on the next version, since I've
had the privilege of
being on a small team of users that gets to preview new features and
provide input. However, I
have not heard of any anticipated RTM (Release to Manufacturing) schedule
yet.

Tom
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"Neil Ginsberg" wrote in message
nk.net...

Does anyone know if a new version of Access is due to come out anytime
soon?

Thanks,

Neil

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:46:49 GMT, "Neil Ginsberg" wrote:

Thanks Tom. We're using A2000 now and are considering upgrading to A2003.
Any thoughts on that, as opposed to waiting for the next version?

Neil

Access 2003 offers no compelling improvements over Access 2002(XP). If you
are using Access 2002, I would not bother upgrading right now unless you were
upgrading MS Office anyway.

I wrote we're using Access 2000, not 2002. I agree re. 2002/2003.

Neil


"Steve Jorgensen" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:46:49 GMT, "Neil Ginsberg"
wrote:

Thanks Tom. We're using A2000 now and are considering upgrading to A2003.
Any thoughts on that, as opposed to waiting for the next version?

Neil

Access 2003 offers no compelling improvements over Access 2002(XP). If
you
are using Access 2002, I would not bother upgrading right now unless you
were
upgrading MS Office anyway.

"Neil Ginsberg" wrote in message
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I wrote we're using Access 2000, not 2002. I agree re. 2002/2003.

Neil,

I haven't seen anything new and great since A97. (A2 was 16 bit and A95 was
a piece of junk.) I keep upgrading because all my customers upgrade.

I think A97 was a real breakthrough in reliability. I'm not particularly
impressed with ADO, the ASP pages or any of this newer stuff. Unless you
have a specific reason to upgrade I would suggest that you stay with what
you have.

There have been some nice incremental improvements. For example, if you
change the name of a query, and you have a report based on that query, the
report will automatically updated to reflect the changed name. That's a nice
feature -- renaming objects used to be so difficult. (There are some
drawbacks too. The name game is best avoided.)


Mike

"Neil Ginsberg" wrote in message
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Does anyone know if a new version of Access is due to come out anytime
soon?

I think you'll find that both Access 2002 and 2003 are significantly more
reliable, especially during development, than Access 2000. Access 2003 has
slightly better help files than 2002, both of which are better than 2000,
BUT not as good as Access 97. Access 2003 does not have an index on it's
help files, and by default wants to connect you to the Internet to get help.
A 2003 has solved the Name AutoCorrect bug and fixed some of the other
corruption bugs that plague A2000. I think either A2002 or A2003 is a
worthwhile upgrade. Access 12 (the next version) will have some nice
features, but won't be out for some time, so you may not want to wait.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access Downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

"Arvin Meyer" wrote:

I think you'll find that both Access 2002 and 2003 are significantly more
reliable, especially during development, than Access 2000.

Agreed. I found that doing work in A2000 a form would corrupt about once a week or
so. A2003 hasn't had this problem at all.

Also I really like the smart tags Access pops up on the controls.

For example I added some &s to some unassociated labels. Access
promptly tells me they're unassociated and gives me an option to
associate the label to a control. Nice.

Or if you've renamed fields in the tables the controls based on the
old names are obviously incorrect. Now a little triangle appears in
the corner. Again nice.

Created my first report and I see a little flag in that little grey
box in the upper left hand corner of the report. I click on it and
see a "Common Report Error" "Report width is greater than page width"
with a bunch of options.

Very nice. I can see how this would help the newbie/itinerant Access
users.

I also see lots of flags for the label controls in the headers.

Someone spent some time on these little touches.

Tony
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:16:14 GMT, Tony Toews wrote:

"Arvin Meyer" wrote:

I think you'll find that both Access 2002 and 2003 are significantly more
reliable, especially during development, than Access 2000.

Agreed. I found that doing work in A2000 a form would corrupt about once a week or
so. A2003 hasn't had this problem at all.

Just one warning, though. Open a database with VBA code in A2003, then open
it again in XP, and it's corrupted for sure. If you go to A2K3, be sure to do
all users at once!

"Steve Jorgensen" wrote in message
...

Just one warning, though. Open a database with VBA code in A2003, then
open
it again in XP, and it's corrupted for sure. If you go to A2K3, be sure
to do
all users at once!

I wouldn't say "for sure" This corruption is actually quite rare. It is
alleviated by compiling 2002 databases before saving, or not using both to
develop. I have never seen this corruption except during development.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access