Hi, I am new here and have a quick question. For a few years now I have been creating custom databases in MS Access. However I am now at a point where a database I want to create would be so much easier to deploy as a standalone program (The people who would be using it are scattered nationwide, and most do not have access to Access).

A while back I had started some training in VB, but to be honest never got anywhere with it (lack of time). But for this database I think VB may be the way to go, so my main question is........... how much of a jump is it from MS Access to Visual Basic? I realize they are completely different, but would my experience in Access give me any advantage in learning (and then using) VB? or am I likely to be in the same position as someone who had never used either program?

Thanks.