Thread: VBasic and stuff :)
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Old 03-12-2008, 05:20 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by NatCh View Post
I'm very sorry to hear that. (I mean that tongue firmly in cheek )
It's been good to us. Hard as hell, and not as .. entertaining .. as life at a startup, but I can geek out to no end

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I program in Lotus Notes, myself (we're supposed to be switching to "something else" -- have been "supposed to" for going on four years now -- and I wish we'd get on with it, actually. I want to go to an relational back-end with a VBasic interface, as it happens), so I have some idea what you mean, kfarmer.
Have you checked out VB9 (VB 2008, whatever they're calling the new release -- you know how MS Marketing can be with name changes...). There's some stuff there that should make your data access much more pleasant (I know, I wrote some of it).

If you want, we can take this to a different thread.

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I'm sympathetic with the problem, but the fact remains that I've been trained by Windows to take status bars well salted.
As I mentioned, I've not trusted one anywhere in ages. Especially if they're used in installers/uninstallers...
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