Many thanks
>>How good is the development environment in Access 2000 (Access 97)? Is it still a limited macro/VBA language or has Microsoft boosted Access on that front as well.
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>VBA has gotten a lot better. There's not much you can't do in VBA that you couldn't do in VB6. And you can always code COM add-ins in VB to do that.
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>>Access always had its place as a easy to use querying tool, but it sounds to me as if it Access has grown up. Would you agree?
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>I think Access is much, much more capable than it was. There is a world of difference between Access 2000 and 97.
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>>Do you still use VFP? Where would you use the VFP as opposed to Access?
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>I still use VFP. I would use VFP instead of Access in a situations where client/server was not needed. VFP still runs rings around vanilla Access with MDBs. If a server database is really needed, either will work but Access is much mroe integrated with SQL Server than VFP is from a developer's standpoint.
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