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Article #1708Re: VB and databases.
From: 54312 - Richard H Brandwein
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:11
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:11
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In article <MIZO.92Dec14095658@sevax1.cse.canon.co.jp>, mizo@sevax1.cse.canon.co.jp (Hideo Mizoguchi) writes: |> |> >>>>You might want to look at Microsoft Access. Its a brand new relational |> >>>>database product from Microsoft. It supports data, sound, images, etc in |> >>>>the database. I'd heard good things about it. I saw a demo of the product |> >>>>and I'm sold. The "script" language is amazingly "VisualBasic" like |> >>>>(imagine that :-). |> |> I have not seen the product here in Japan yet, but does it allow you |> to write a DLL and use it from inside Access just like VB does? |> |> Hideo Mizoguchi |> Canon Inc., Japan It does all that and more. I've played with Access for awhile. It's not nearly as straightforward to use as VB, but it does the job. The biggest problem (from my perspective) is that there is no run-time version of access available yet, so that you can distribute your code to others (who don't have access). -- -- Rich Brandwein rich.brandwein@att.com
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Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsi!rhb From: rhb@hotsand.cnet.att.com (54312 - Richard H Brandwein) Subject: Re: VB and databases. Reply-To: rich.brandwein@att.com Organization: AT&T Bell Labs - Holmdel, NJ Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:11:44 GMT Message-ID: <1992Dec21.171144.14275@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> Originator: rhb@hotsand References: <1992Dec9.153629.20811@ugle.unit.no> <MIZO.92Dec14095658@sevax1.cse.canon.co.jp> Sender: news@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (NetNews Administrator) Nntp-Posting-Host: hotsand.cnet.att.com Lines: 24