I am trying to develop an application that keeps track of equipments and their configuration in detail and I can't make up my mind whether I should go with VB6 front-end backed by Access DB or pure Access DB with queries and access forms. On one hand, I like the fact that VB forms doesn't have to be bounded to a record curser to update or change which is really annoying when dealing with multilevel subforms and controls. However, I am wondering whether that is good practice compare to the pure Access approach. Can someone give me a little advice? Thanks in advance.
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VB or MS Access?
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Personally, I prefer the VB approach. Here's why:
1. I'm better at it.
2. It has a (much) smaller distribution footprint.
3. The code is better supported by Microsoft.
4. Solutions are more portable. What if you decide that you want to move to SQL Server in future?
Bob Rodes
1. I'm better at it.
2. It has a (much) smaller distribution footprint.
3. The code is better supported by Microsoft.
4. Solutions are more portable. What if you decide that you want to move to SQL Server in future?
Bob Rodes
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