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Karl_Donaubauer
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May 13, 2024

FYI - Current Feature Work: Monaco Editor + Modern Chart Improvements

Hi, Last week I published 2 videos in which the Microsoft Access team shows their current work on two new features for Access that will be launched in a few months: Monaco SQL Editor + Modern Chart...
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fcardenas_moti
Copper Contributor
Jul 19, 2024

Karl_Donaubauer That's great!  Access is still the best RAD tool on the market, and the best Desktop database everywhere. No matter how many new tools appear every year (I'm looking at you, Power Platform) there is no tool as complete and powerful as Access.

I've been using it since version 1.0 and still love it. Believe me... I try to find an app as powerful (and COMPLETE) as Access is, and in 30+ years, still looking!

If I could change Access in any way, I would implemente javaScript as a programming language (can you imagine that), replace FORMS with HTML and Code-Behind and, obviously, then add some support to export this Forms to web somehow.

That would create the BE-ALL and perfect tool for almost all scenarios. Well... I could dream!

Thank you for your GREAT WORK! And to make this incredible software better all the time!

 

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George_Hepworth
Silver Contributor
Jul 20, 2024

fcardenas_moti 

 

"If I could change Access in any way, I would implemente javaScript as a programming language (can you imagine that), replace FORMS with HTML and Code-Behind and, obviously, then add some support to export this Forms to web somehow."

 

Uh, that sounds very much like Access Web Apps, which existed between 2013 and 2016 and were then deprecated. 

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    facg68
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 24, 2024

    George_Hepworth 

    Definitely, but Web Apps were implemented using proprietary objects that, outside of a controlled Windows environment, did not work very well... Not to mention the dependency on a certain browser...


    If Access could completely replace its framework (Forms -> HTML Forms) and implement "Code Behind" using visual basic (vbScript) or (why not?) JavaScript, Access forms would (really) be complete web pages, easily exportable to a server like IIS, without specific dependencies or the use of "Office Objects" that only worked in a specific environment.

    In addition to the freedom that an expandable and expansive language like JavaScript gives to developers.


    Why not have the best of both worlds?

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