How do I make a text listing of folder contents?

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:05:32 +0000, Rob
wrote:

I take your point about having to buy Office pro to get Access.,

A minor point, but let me mention that you do *not* have to buy Office
Professional, or any edition of Office, to get Access. Access can be
bought by itself.

On 14/03/2012 15:09, Ken Blake wrote:

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:05:32 +0000, Rob
wrote:

I take your point about having to buy Office pro to get Access.,

A minor point, but let me mention that you do *not* have to buy Office
Professional, or any edition of Office, to get Access. Access can be
bought by itself.

Kama? How much? It costs an arm and a leg.

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:18:48 +0000, choro wrote:

On 14/03/2012 15:09, Ken Blake wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:05:32 +0000, Rob
> wrote:
>
>
>> I take your point about having to buy Office pro to get Access.,
>
>
> A minor point, but let me mention that you do *not* have to buy Office
> Professional, or any edition of Office, to get Access. Access can be
> bought by itself.


Kama? How much? It costs an arm and a leg.

I just checked on Amazon.com. Access 2010 is $116.99 US there.

Is that an "arm and a leg"? Whether or not you think so is up to you.
I wasn't suggesting that it was a good buy; I was merely pointing out
that it's available separately--something that many people don't know.

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:05:32 +0000, Rob
wrote:

[snip]

In my experience, many ordinary folk cannot grasp how spreadsheets
work (as soon as you start talking B3, C5 etc, their eyes glaze over)
but can understand the basics of a database. After all, everyone

Try a different paradigm. Ordinary folk can understand a
black/white-board.

who has a mobile phone <spit> is already used to using a simple one.

Using and developing are quite different.

Still, with all of these i-toys, soon no-one will even need (or
have the ability) to be creative or use their intelligence as it
will all be done by (locked-down) specific apps! Not a future I'm
going to be taking much part in, I may add.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:06:20 +0000, Gordon
wrote:

On 11/03/2012 23:17, Peter Jason wrote:

just like my bank statements etc.

Interesting. As a recently retired Management Accountant why on earth
would you import Bank Statements into ACCESS?

Long ago I had trouble with accounting software because the
'consultants' were ephemeral, the software complex and expensive - and
unalterable, the reports meager, and when all the crying was over one
was locked in. I resolved to sack the pests and I changed over to
Access97, coming in every Sunday morning to program it. There are
tables/queries/forms and reports; all infinitely adjustable and
stable. I run my whole business on it with no regrets. Even now I
make adjustments for invoicing etc. I have never used Excel because
Access does all I need via query grids and reports. Of course the
advice I had from Access newsgroups made it all possible. Though I
had to get expert advice on a self-join query for a 4-level bill of
materials; but that was all. Thoroughly recommended.