The official word from BRL:
Hi Glenn,
I'm pretty sure this won't be coming any time soon -- Blitz is heavily biased towards game development and Access support isn't something we've ever found in real demand from Blitz users over the years.
Sorry!
James/Blitz Support.
Glenn wrote:
> I don't suppose it is on the BRL "to do" list?
> I have an access database with a VB6 frontend which i want to convert
> to BlitzGui and having to recreate the database is just an extra
> effort i hadn't expected.
>
> Cheers
> Glenn
>
>> Hi Glenn,
>>
>> Just to confirm, there's no built-in database access in Blitz, but I
>> see from the thread that you've found a couple of the 3rd-party
>> options anyway.
>>
>> James/Blitz Support.
>>
>>
>> glenn@... wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I have just started a thread in the beginners area for how to
>>> connect to an MS Access Database. Initial feedback is not promising.
>>>
>>> Can i connect to an Access Database with Maxgui?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> glenn
Also for Flameduck:
I guess like a lot of people i have grown up using MS Access. Doesn't matter whether it is good or not, it is just what i know and and familiar with.
Proper developers at work scoff at Access too, but when i need something done in a hurry the IT Dept doesn't have the time or resource to do it properly in SQL Server. I can query the SQL databases but i can't create anything. So i pull the data to MS Access where i can create new tables, do my queries and use the macros for the email functions.
It isn't the best way to do it, nor is it "technically supported" by IT, but it works and gets the job done.
I work in Operations with a $200 Million wage budget each year, and when i need to analyse a change to Operational Procedures, i really can't wait 6 months for IT to be free to help me.
And i used VB6 for a front end because thats what i grew up with too.
I LOVE using BLitzMax, although for the last few months i seem to spend more time reading these forums than actual programming. The projects i use to teach myself, other than the great tutorials to be found here, are replicating small tasks i have done in VB and MS Access, plus i have a simple little game i wrote in BlitzBasic when it was on the Amiga.
Well it is 8.30am here in New Zealand so i suppose i better wander off to work for another "fun filled" day, till i can check the forum again when i get home.
I hope you all have a great day and i am keen to follow Brucey's DB Framework and Chris C's modifications.
Cheers
Glenn
Hi Glenn,
I'm pretty sure this won't be coming any time soon -- Blitz is heavily biased towards game development and Access support isn't something we've ever found in real demand from Blitz users over the years.
Sorry!
James/Blitz Support.
Glenn wrote:
> I don't suppose it is on the BRL "to do" list?
> I have an access database with a VB6 frontend which i want to convert
> to BlitzGui and having to recreate the database is just an extra
> effort i hadn't expected.
>
> Cheers
> Glenn
>
>> Hi Glenn,
>>
>> Just to confirm, there's no built-in database access in Blitz, but I
>> see from the thread that you've found a couple of the 3rd-party
>> options anyway.
>>
>> James/Blitz Support.
>>
>>
>> glenn@... wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I have just started a thread in the beginners area for how to
>>> connect to an MS Access Database. Initial feedback is not promising.
>>>
>>> Can i connect to an Access Database with Maxgui?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> glenn
Also for Flameduck:
I guess like a lot of people i have grown up using MS Access. Doesn't matter whether it is good or not, it is just what i know and and familiar with.
Proper developers at work scoff at Access too, but when i need something done in a hurry the IT Dept doesn't have the time or resource to do it properly in SQL Server. I can query the SQL databases but i can't create anything. So i pull the data to MS Access where i can create new tables, do my queries and use the macros for the email functions.
It isn't the best way to do it, nor is it "technically supported" by IT, but it works and gets the job done.
I work in Operations with a $200 Million wage budget each year, and when i need to analyse a change to Operational Procedures, i really can't wait 6 months for IT to be free to help me.
And i used VB6 for a front end because thats what i grew up with too.
I LOVE using BLitzMax, although for the last few months i seem to spend more time reading these forums than actual programming. The projects i use to teach myself, other than the great tutorials to be found here, are replicating small tasks i have done in VB and MS Access, plus i have a simple little game i wrote in BlitzBasic when it was on the Amiga.
Well it is 8.30am here in New Zealand so i suppose i better wander off to work for another "fun filled" day, till i can check the forum again when i get home.
I hope you all have a great day and i am keen to follow Brucey's DB Framework and Chris C's modifications.
Cheers
Glenn