If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Access and VB
Hello all
Could you please tell me the advantages of using Visual Basic (VB) to create application that using Access for database. I think that I can create a database and manipulate the data using Access. I also can use Access to create forms and print report as an VB application can do. The reason is that I do not know I should use VB (with a Access database) or only Access for developing an application using a database for a small company. (of course, if I use Access, I still have to use some VB functions that are built in Access). Thank you S.Hoa |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
VB doesn't require that each user have Access installed. Instead, you can
simply deploy your VB executable along with the Jet database, and you're done. However, Access is specifically designed for developing database applications in. It typically takes much longer to develop an equivalent application in VB than in Access. There is virtually nothing you can do in VB that you can't do in Access. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "HS1" wrote in message news:1094682399.339493@ftpsrv1... Hello all Could you please tell me the advantages of using Visual Basic (VB) to create application that using Access for database. I think that I can create a database and manipulate the data using Access. I also can use Access to create forms and print report as an VB application can do. The reason is that I do not know I should use VB (with a Access database) or only Access for developing an application using a database for a small company. (of course, if I use Access, I still have to use some VB functions that are built in Access). Thank you S.Hoa |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Doug,
There is a middle-ground solution: Develop in Access (faster) and deploy with Run-Time (cheaper). Development in VB is time-consuming. Deployment in Full Version of Access is expen$ive as you would need a license for each machine that will run the database. You only pay for Run-time version of access once and can install on all your machines. It is now a standard part of all our images. -ScottK "Douglas J. Steele" wrote in message ... VB doesn't require that each user have Access installed. Instead, you can simply deploy your VB executable along with the Jet database, and you're done. However, Access is specifically designed for developing database applications in. It typically takes much longer to develop an equivalent application in VB than in Access. There is virtually nothing you can do in VB that you can't do in Access. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!) "HS1" wrote in message news:1094682399.339493@ftpsrv1... Hello all Could you please tell me the advantages of using Visual Basic (VB) to create application that using Access for database. I think that I can create a database and manipulate the data using Access. I also can use Access to create forms and print report as an VB application can do. The reason is that I do not know I should use VB (with a Access database) or only Access for developing an application using a database for a small company. (of course, if I use Access, I still have to use some VB functions that are built in Access). Thank you S.Hoa |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Accessing a databse thru a webpage (newbie question) | Chang | General Discussion | 1 | August 23rd, 2004 09:10 AM |
Data from Excel to Access | Database Design | 2 | August 20th, 2004 12:53 PM | |
Useless Access 2003 | tired, angry, sucidial and bored | General Discussion | 10 | July 21st, 2004 11:52 PM |
You do not have exclusive access... ERROR | Robin | General Discussion | 1 | July 6th, 2004 01:18 AM |
Recommendations needed for installation order of Access XP, Access XP runtime, ... | Mark Plantenberg | Setup, Installing & Configuration | 0 | June 11th, 2004 11:22 PM |