My VB developer bailed!!! Please Help

[gamtrak]

I recently developed an database in MS Acess that I need developed as VB in order to create an exe that can be downloaded via my website. My VB skills are not good enough to accomplish this task alone.
My release is set for the end of the month! I recently lost my job and came up with a great idea to generate a good income that I have been working on since August, so this is devestating for me. Can someone please help me?

Thanks for any assistance or suggestions that you can offer. Robin

 

[Xenix]

Hello Robin,

I do not know how to re-write this database in VB. maybe you should try using Clipper, I use to program with at college you can compile to a stand alone EXE and the database is compatible with Dbase, you can write the database code easily in the dbase editor and compile the final code with Clipper.


Regards

Mike

 

[LittleJonny]

You can open the access DB with VB and keep all the tables. you can do anything with the tables (even create new ones) with VB.

I can give you some more assistance (?) if you can give some more info on what you need to do.

E-mail me if you still need the help.

LJ

 

[Randomblink]

Couldn't you export your tables to basic text files in CSV format and reference them using VB? I don't know...just a thought...

 

[gamtrak]

Thanks for the suggestion. I only know Access and very little VB. Today I think I found someone to help me for $1000.

 

[wh00t]

Also consider the Access developers kit, you can compile a 'run-time' version of the database and put it on any machine without access, we use it to get around the costly lisence fee issue, i.e. we have 12 lisences (because we use Lotus as standard) and we have an access database which is used by 50 people, so we used the access developers kit to create a version that can be used on any computer without the need for a lisence. One thing though, because it's not a 'full' version of access thats included in the run time version, you don't get a few things included like error messages, so if your db crashes you will not get a message telling you what went wrong, it will just crash!

 

[gamtrak]

Thanks for that info. wh00t! I will have to remember that for the next project that I have planned so that I won't have to fork over a $1,000

The guy "Arc" that is helping me is doing an awesome job I am very happy with GAMTRAK.