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ACC97: Choosing the Appropriate Database White Paper Available in Download Center (Q168549)

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Microsoft Access 97

SUMMARY

The Choose97.exe file contains a document called "Choosing the Appropriate Database Development Tool," which discusses the relative strengths of Microsoft's database products: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual FoxPro, and Microsoft SQL Server. Mention is also made of Microsoft Visual C++ and Microsoft Visual J++.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Download Choose97.exe now

The Choose97.exe file contains the following files:

   Choosing.doc    The "Choosing the Appropriate Database Development
                   Tool" white paper.

   Readme.txt      This information in text format.

Choosing.doc is in Microsoft Word 97 format. To view this document in an earlier version of Microsoft Word, you need to have the Microsoft Word 97 Converter. For more information about the Word 97 Converter, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q162214 WD: How to Obtain the Word 97 Import Converter

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

MORE INFORMATION

The "Choosing the Appropriate Database Development Tool" white paper contains the folling topics:

Introduction
Database Tools Overview

Microsoft Access
Microsoft Visual Basic
Microsoft Visual FoxPro
Microsoft SQL Server

Q & A

Database Engine Questions
Visual Tool Questions

Web Issues

Model Overview
Components in Database Solutions

Conclusion
Appendix A

Microsoft Internet Technologies and Tools

ActiveX
ActiveX Server Framework
FrontPage
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
Internet Information Server
ISAPI
"Internet Studio"
Visual J++

Appendix B

Microsoft Data Access Technologies
ODBC Data Sources
Microsoft Jet ISAM
FoxPro ISAM

Appendix C

Glossary

Appendix D

Database Engine Features Comparison
Visual Tool Features Comparison

Published	May 14 1997 11:44AM	Issue Type	kbinfo
Last Modifed	Jun 13 2001 3:18AM	Additional Query Words	Choose97 exe choosing doc
Keywords	kbfile kbgraphxlinkcritical

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