Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-30 Thread emile
On 11/29/2012 02:46 AM, Nicolas Évrard wrote: I'd like to add to the list Tryton http://www.tryton.org/ Which framework can be used to create a business application Let me second this, although for openERP (the parent from which Tryton was forked)... Reporting is done through relatorio (ht

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-29 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/29/2012 09:05 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > This looks promising: > http://www.codediesel.com/data/migrating-access-mdb-to-mysql/ Unfortunately I have not found mdb tools to be sufficient. You can use them to convert the schema to sql, and to reveal any mdb password (great for looking at the

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-29 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:43 AM, kagard wrote: > On Nov 27, 7:06 pm, David Bolen wrote: > > kgard writes: > > > I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ > > > employees. Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm > > > frustrated with the limitations of this platform and

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-29 Thread kagard
On Nov 27, 7:06 pm, David Bolen wrote: > kgard writes: > > I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ > > employees. Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm > > frustrated with the limitations of this platform and have been > > considering switching to Python. I've been exp

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-29 Thread Nicolas Évrard
* Wolfgang Keller [2012-11-25 20:48 +0100]: I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ employees. Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm frustrated with the limitations of this platform and have been considering switching to Python. I've been experimenting with the langu

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-27 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/27/2012 05:06 PM, David Bolen wrote: > I went through a very similar transition a few years ago from > standalone Access databases (with GUI forms, queries and reports, as > well as replication) to a pure web application with full reporting > (albeit centrally designed and not a report design

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-27 Thread David Bolen
kgard writes: > I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ > employees. Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm > frustrated with the limitations of this platform and have been > considering switching to Python. I've been experimenting with the > language for a year or so,

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-27 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> The reporting question is the one that gives me the greatest concern > when I think about switching to Python. Not Python, but FOSS, cross-platform and it works with PostgreSQL: http://www.xtuple.com/openrpt Apart from that one, among the mentioned DB RAD frameworks, at least Dabo and Camelot

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-27 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> One program that claims to be working towards Access replacement is > Kexi. It's not written in Python, but I think it does use Python as a > scripting language, just as Access uses VBA. I doubt it's anywhere > near Access yet, but it's worth a look: > > http://kexi-project.org/about.html Unf

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-27 Thread kagard
On Nov 26, 11:21 am, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 11/22/2012 08:19 PM, kgard wrote: > > > I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ employees. > > Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm frustrated with the > > limitations of this platform and have been considering switching

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-26 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/22/2012 08:19 PM, kgard wrote: > I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ employees. > Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm frustrated with the > limitations of this platform and have been considering switching to > Python. I've been experimenting with the language

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-26 Thread kagard
On Nov 25, 3:48 pm, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > > I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ employees. > > Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm frustrated with the > > limitations of this platform and have been considering switching to > > Python. > > > I've been experiment

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-25 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ employees. > Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm frustrated with the > limitations of this platform and have been considering switching to > Python. > > I've been experimenting with the language for a year or so, > and feel com

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-23 Thread Peter Otten
kgard wrote: > Greetings: > > I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ employees. > Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm frustrated with the > limitations of this platform and have been considering switching to > Python. I've been experimenting with the language for a

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-22 Thread Jason Friedman
> I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ employees. Everything > is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm frustrated with the limitations of > this platform and have been considering switching to Python. I've been > experimenting with the language for a year or so, and feel comfor

Re: Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-22 Thread David Hutto
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:19 PM, kgard wrote: > Greetings: > > I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ employees. Everything > is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm frustrated with the limitations of > this platform and have been considering switching to Python. I've been > ex

Migrate from Access 2010 / VBA

2012-11-22 Thread kgard
Greetings: I am the lone developer of db apps at a company of 350+ employees. Everything is done in MS Access 2010 and VBA. I'm frustrated with the limitations of this platform and have been considering switching to Python. I've been experimenting with the language for a year or so, and feel co