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I am an experienced MS Access programmer. I use some vba with MS Access and I like it. However, I have always wondered what the Visual Basic development environment has to offer.
Are there any reasons why I should learn VB rather than just sticking with MS Access?
There seems to be so much moreinfo on VB on the internet than MS Access, so I am wondering why...
What am I missing out on?
Thanks,
Jon
Standalone exes is mainly the reason I switched
Also the fact you can protect your code (mde style - they didn't have mde's before I switched)
There are no nasty workarounds for knowledgable users (e.g Shift at startup)
Although I miss some things, like proper workable list/combo boxes.
Another hugh, cost saving for your customers reason, is that you can develop an app using Access with a VB front end, and your customers DO NOT have to have MS Access installed on their machines to use it!
Plus, VBA is a sub set of VB. You have extended programming functionality with VB.
Not entirely true, you can supply them with the runtime version of Access which can be installed simply with a setup app :)Quote:
Originally posted by Hack
Another hugh, cost saving for your customers reason, is that you can develop an app using Access with a VB front end, and your customers DO NOT have to have MS Access installed on their machines to use it!
Point taken chrisjk!