Re: Update db FE with "power user"

Bob Alston wrote:

Tom van Stiphout wrote:

On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:18:24 -0600, Bob Alston <bobalston9@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I find both your comments offensive. It's about time software
developers realize that they are not omnipotent, omniscient,
never-failing gods, and everyone around them better bend to their say.

This boss is not making changes for fun, he has a problem to solve
that his developer has not addressed yet. He probably has a miriad
other things to do, many of them more important than creating another
query or report.

I think the OP should work with him to find out what the requirements
are that would remove this need to make changes. If the boss just
wants to spend time developing new features, that's his prerogative
and they can be tested and added to the main program. If it's really
born out of need to have an app that works the way he wants to, then
this developer should listen to that and work towards meeting those
needs.
Once the relationship improves, other issues such as a proper regiment
of version control and testing-before-using can be discussed and
implemented.

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP



Tony Toews [MVP] wrote:

"robert.waters" <robert.waters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have an Access front-end that I make regular modifications to and
then distribute to many users on a terminal server using AutoFE
(thanks Tony!!).

Thanks for your kind words.

However, I have one "power user" (My boss) that makes his own changes
to his copy of the FE (regardless of my attempts to get him to use a
separate copy of it).

Start distributing MDEs.

And your boss is an idiot.

Tony

Ah, all too often the boss is an idot. But that does not prevent them from making idiotic demands.
Bob

Sorry you find my comments offensive. However, offensive my remarks may be, it is my personal experience that when it comes to using computer technology, often bosses are idiots. They just don't understand and don't want to take the time to do so.

YMMV

I agree with Tom's sentiments and I understand yours.

One time there was a cheap programmer and me, the more expensive programmer. Before I came on the scene, and while I was there, the other programmer would make errors and drop everybody and nobody could work on the computer system for 4 hours a day. I explained to the other programmer and the owner that with 25 users that was 100 hours of lost productivity a day. The owner was making money hand over fist at that time and he really liked that programmer. Then that programmer decided to make the application a flat file system...he figured he'd save some disk space and increase app speed. I wrote a letter to the boss explaining my ideas on that idea; more lost productivity, a major rewrite to the system, and overall it was a bad idea. I was shot down and flat file they went. After that the company went out of business.

But other bosses might be sitting in the captain's chair going thru something like invoices; punch figure, punch figure...hmmm...how do I find out the sum of my figures...write code...punch figures punch figures...how many invoices is that customer delinquent on?...write code...punch figures...etc. They don't want that.

The OP might want to do more or better research analysis.



Bob

Bob
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