Database Application Front End

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Nano

Hey,

I have been studying and working on databases for quite a time now. I
know quite a lot about databases. Now I have been assigned a project
where I have to build an application using the database. I know all
the work to be done with database. The cause of worry is front end of
the application. Since I have no expertise in any of the language I am
totally helpless, how to develop a good front end.

I know I can easily make a front end on MS Access but that do need MS
Access to be installed on every machine running the application which
seems to be impossible looking at the cost of Microsoft licenses. I
want to ask you people is there any other program such as MS Access
which can help me making effective front end without knowing a lot
deal of programming? Or suggest me the language in which I can work to
make this project easily and quickly as time is also not favoring me.

Regards,
Hasnain
 
A

Albert D. Kallal

do need MS
Access to be installed on every machine running the application

Actually you don't need to purchase a copy of access for every machine. You
can download for free a copy of the "access runtime". Note that this copy of
the runtime is only free for access 2007, for previous versions I think it
was about $600 for the runtime. Once you've purchased this runtime, and you
can install it on as many computers as you want. Your users will not have to
purchase MS access.

So, once this runtime is installed, then any application you build can be
run on those machines (He can simply copy the application to that machine,
and clicking on the database file a luncheon as always). The only changes
you have to make and realize is that the runtime edition does not provide
all of the built in access menus, and therefore you either have to put
buttons on a form, or build some kind of custom menu bars and interface
yourself. If you are writing applications and distributing them to people,
then it's probably a good idea to build a custom interface anyway, and hide
all of the internals of MS access from those users.

There is some additional information and notes on the runtime here:

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionversions.htm

and

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;842004

and

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../odc_ac2003_ta/html/odc_acbasicsofruntime.asp
 

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