scrap infopath - develop same web/intranet forms in Access

[Todd Shearer]

Access and Excel have always been great tools for Rapid Application
Development. Why do you feel that you need to introduce a new product with
SO MANY limitations. Implement web forms functionality in Access/Excel. Why
not be able to create a form in Access and have it immediately available over
the web? I like the XML features of Infopath, but you could do the same
development within Access. Concurrent development of both applications is
pointless in my opinion.

 

[Mike Sharp]

You're kidding, right? Develop web forms in Access? I've got a better
idea:

http://www.cobolscript.com/

What limitations are you talking about, anyway? InfoPath is *way* more than
a simple forms-fill-in tool.

Regards,
Mike Sharp

 

[Klaus Oberdalhoff [MVP]]

Hi,

Why do you feel that you need to introduce a new
product with SO MANY limitations

<mhm>´

that´s not true. Typical case of information leak.

Look at ALL the following infos (and subpages) and then again say about the
limitations:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/infopath/default.aspx

--
mfg

Klaus Oberdalhoff(Access MVP) (e-mail address removed)

Ich beantworte keine NG-Fragen und -Nachfragen per Mail!
Newbie-Info: http://www.doerbandt.de/Access/Newbie.htm
KnowHow-mdb: http://www.freeaccess.de

 

[Mike]

InfoPath should be scrapped.

Why no "Show All" button?
The Wysiwyg completely sucks.
If you justify text then the data field within a paragraph can be missing
from the screen.
Centered titles can get the left character shaved off.
A hard line can cut off text on the line above it.
Drag and drop it here rarely works.
The last line in a large text box may shave off gjqpy characters unless you
hit a carriage return.

InfoPath has all kinds of serious defects.