Re: Before it gets too deep !!

I would use Access. I find web applications flat, slow, and annoying. I
don't like to use them. I have no interest in developing them. They remind
me very much of my mainframe days. They may look prettier than my CICS
screens for the 3270 but they work essentially the same way and with the
same limitations. Only the client/server environment can give you a "rich"
experience at this time.

If you are not already an experienced developer with C# or any other
language that you choose to use, you don't have a snowball's chance in Hell
of getting an application up and running by yourself. However, Access is
such a rich and forgiving development environment that many non-developers
are able to develop workable applications.

No software is the perfect tool for all tasks. You should choose the tool
that works best for each task. Right now, Access is the tool for the basic
application. I suggested FrontPage for the web parts, not because it is the
best tool necessarily, but because it is a tool that you might already have
and it doesn't take a PHD to get it working.

"James B" <JamesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:20DB927D-59A8-4AED-8AA2-E82F7B9D976F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks for your response ! In a perfect world what software would YOU use
> to
> do a first rate job of accomplishing a rich, feature filled, inventory
> system?
>
> "Pat Hartman(MVP)" wrote:
>
>> 1. Access can use any printer for which you have the correct windows
>> drivers
>> and fonts.
>> 2. Access doesn't have very good web tools. As long as all you want is
>> the
>> ability to view data, something like FrontPage could be used to present
>> Access data as a web page.
>>
>> "James B" <JamesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:13EC6AF3-679E-42BC-9B72-2AABFF91E3D2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I am wanting to build a warehouse inventory system and would like to use
>> > Access since we already own it. I would like to know if someone can
>> > tell
>> > me
>> > if Access is capable of doing a couple of things before I start.
>> > 1. Can Access create / output barcode labels to a thermal printer such
>> > as
>> > an
>> > Intermec 3400?
>> > 2. Can the Access database somehow be converted / used as a webpage?
>> > The
>> > reason I would want to do this is to allow customers access to the
>> > system
>> > to
>> > view their inventory levels, transaction details, etc.
>> > Thanks in advance for any responses or suggestions !!!
>>
>>
>>


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