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Access as a Development Platform for Personal Applications
At its most basic level, Access can be used to develop simple personal database-management
systems. I caution people against this idea, though. People who buy Access hoping to automate
everything from their wine collections to their home finances are often disappointed. The
problem
is that Access is deceptively easy to use. Its wonderful built-in wizards make Access look
like a product that anyone can use. After answering a series of questions, you have a finished
application-switchboards, data-entry screen, reports, and all. In fact, when Access was first
released, many people asked if I was concerned that my business as a computer programmer
and trainer would diminish because Access seemed to let absolutely anyone write a database
application. Although it's true that the simplest of Access applications can be produced without
any thought of design and without a single line of code written by the user, most applications
require at least some designing and custom code.
As long as you're satisfied with a wizard-generated personal application with only minor
modifications, no problems should occur. It's when you want to substantially customize a personal
application that problems can happen.
more about:
. Personal applications more...
. Small Business Applications more...
. Departmental applications more...
. Corporation-wide applications
. As a front end for enterprise wide client/server applications
. Intranet/Internet applications more...
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