Should I use Access/VBA?

Hello,

I'm trying to decide wether to write an application in Microsoft Access or Visual Basic .NET. I already have both Visual Studio .Net Pro 2003 and Microsoft Office Pro 2003.

My program is cramped for time, and I feel I could develop it faster in Microsoft Access and release it as a MDE. But, that leaves me with some questions.

Is it really safe to release a commercial application as a MDE?

Does an application being an MDE lower the users opinion of the program? (I personally find it very easy to tell when an application is released this way, I know most typical users wouldn't be able to tell. But the biggest thing that will make it look like an Access DB is the look of the forms/etc.)

Can I upgrade the application to use a SQL backend at a later date?

Does a program exist that would actually convert an Access database completely into Visual Basic .NET code?

Thanks,

Neofree

Anyone?

I personally have only seen mde's or access programs as small
utilities or internal company developed programs. I don't think
that it would look too proessional to distribute an mde as a
program. There is the possibility of connecting SQL to your forms
and tables. "File > Get External Data > Link Tables" or something.
I haven't installed Office 2003 on my new system that I just
finished loading today.

In Access there is a utility to convert to visual basic code, but I'm
not sure about .net.

HTH