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Old January 18th, 2005, 08:39 AM
Neil Ginsberg
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Does anyone know if a new version of Access is due to come out anytime soon?

Thanks,

Neil


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Old January 18th, 2005, 08:44 AM
Tom Wickerath
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Hi Neil,

I know the Microsoft team is hard at work on the next version, since I've had the privilege of
being on a small team of users that gets to preview new features and provide input. However, I
have not heard of any anticipated RTM (Release to Manufacturing) schedule yet.

Tom
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Does anyone know if a new version of Access is due to come out anytime soon?

Thanks,

Neil



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Old January 18th, 2005, 08:46 AM
Neil Ginsberg
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Thanks Tom. We're using A2000 now and are considering upgrading to A2003.
Any thoughts on that, as opposed to waiting for the next version?

Neil

"Tom Wickerath" wrote in message
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Hi Neil,

I know the Microsoft team is hard at work on the next version, since I've
had the privilege of
being on a small team of users that gets to preview new features and
provide input. However, I
have not heard of any anticipated RTM (Release to Manufacturing) schedule
yet.

Tom
_________________________________

"Neil Ginsberg" wrote in message
nk.net...

Does anyone know if a new version of Access is due to come out anytime
soon?

Thanks,

Neil





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Old January 18th, 2005, 08:54 AM
Steve Jorgensen
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:46:49 GMT, "Neil Ginsberg" wrote:

Thanks Tom. We're using A2000 now and are considering upgrading to A2003.
Any thoughts on that, as opposed to waiting for the next version?

Neil


Access 2003 offers no compelling improvements over Access 2002(XP). If you
are using Access 2002, I would not bother upgrading right now unless you were
upgrading MS Office anyway.
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Old January 18th, 2005, 09:01 AM
Neil Ginsberg
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I wrote we're using Access 2000, not 2002. I agree re. 2002/2003.

Neil


"Steve Jorgensen" wrote in message
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 07:46:49 GMT, "Neil Ginsberg"
wrote:

Thanks Tom. We're using A2000 now and are considering upgrading to A2003.
Any thoughts on that, as opposed to waiting for the next version?

Neil


Access 2003 offers no compelling improvements over Access 2002(XP). If
you
are using Access 2002, I would not bother upgrading right now unless you
were
upgrading MS Office anyway.



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Old January 18th, 2005, 09:11 AM
Mike Turco
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"Neil Ginsberg" wrote in message
news
I wrote we're using Access 2000, not 2002. I agree re. 2002/2003.


Neil,

I haven't seen anything new and great since A97. (A2 was 16 bit and A95 was
a piece of junk.) I keep upgrading because all my customers upgrade.

I think A97 was a real breakthrough in reliability. I'm not particularly
impressed with ADO, the ASP pages or any of this newer stuff. Unless you
have a specific reason to upgrade I would suggest that you stay with what
you have.

There have been some nice incremental improvements. For example, if you
change the name of a query, and you have a report based on that query, the
report will automatically updated to reflect the changed name. That's a nice
feature -- renaming objects used to be so difficult. (There are some
drawbacks too. The name game is best avoided.)


Mike


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Old January 18th, 2005, 09:18 AM
Neil Ginsberg
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"Mike Turco" wrote in message
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"Neil Ginsberg" wrote in message
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I wrote we're using Access 2000, not 2002. I agree re. 2002/2003.


Neil,

I haven't seen anything new and great since A97. (A2 was 16 bit and A95
was a piece of junk.) I keep upgrading because all my customers upgrade.


I agree re. A97.

I think A97 was a real breakthrough in reliability. I'm not particularly
impressed with ADO, the ASP pages or any of this newer stuff. Unless you
have a specific reason to upgrade I would suggest that you stay with what
you have.


One concern is that A2000 is now 5 years old, and MS won't support things
indefinitely. As new OS's come out, more and more the older software becomes
incompatible. We are looking to revamp our DB, so it seems a good time to
upgrade and do it in a newer version, even though, yeah, there's no real
compelling reason.


There have been some nice incremental improvements. For example, if you
change the name of a query, and you have a report based on that query, the
report will automatically updated to reflect the changed name.


I have another client who likes to fiddle around with the database, mostly
re. reports and some form formatting. He's notorious for renaming objects as
he thinks of a better name. Drives me crazy! For that reason alone, it would
be worth switching to A2003! :-)

That's a nice feature -- renaming objects used to be so difficult. (There
are some drawbacks too. The name game is best avoided.)


Name game?

Thanks,

Neil



Mike



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Old January 18th, 2005, 09:29 AM
White Bilky
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"Mike Turco" wrote:

For example, if you
change the name of a query, and you have a report based on that query,
the report will automatically updated to reflect the changed name.
That's a nice feature -- renaming objects used to be so difficult.


This in itself is problematic. Have a look at this:

http://members.iinet.net.au/~allenbrowne/ser-48.html

Regards,
Keith.
www.keithwilby.com
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Old January 18th, 2005, 09:49 AM
Trevor Best
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Mike Turco wrote:
"Neil Ginsberg" wrote in message
news
I wrote we're using Access 2000, not 2002. I agree re. 2002/2003.



Neil,

I haven't seen anything new and great since A97. (A2 was 16 bit and A95 was
a piece of junk.) I keep upgrading because all my customers upgrade.

I think A97 was a real breakthrough in reliability. I'm not particularly
impressed with ADO, the ASP pages or any of this newer stuff. Unless you
have a specific reason to upgrade I would suggest that you stay with what
you have.

There have been some nice incremental improvements. For example, if you
change the name of a query, and you have a report based on that query, the
report will automatically updated to reflect the changed name. That's a nice
feature -- renaming objects used to be so difficult. (There are some
drawbacks too. The name game is best avoided.)


The dreaded Name Autocorrect feature, would be nice if it weren't so bug
ridden.

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Old January 18th, 2005, 04:53 PM
Steve Jorgensen
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:11:02 -0800, "Mike Turco"
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"Neil Ginsberg" wrote in message
news
I wrote we're using Access 2000, not 2002. I agree re. 2002/2003.


Neil,

I haven't seen anything new and great since A97. (A2 was 16 bit and A95 was
a piece of junk.) I keep upgrading because all my customers upgrade.


If you do a lot of VBA coding, there are some improvements that I now find it
hard to do without when working in A97. Custom events, custom enumerated
types, and CallByName, to name a few. Also, having the VBE in a separate
window, though initially annoying, shows its value the first time you debug
code behind a modal form.
 




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