Jim
Fri Jan 16 14:14:21 CST 2004
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"Jim Buyens" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have created a web site using FP2003 and am planning on
> >using access databases for simple data storage and
> >queries. i was told that using FP2003 was not a good idea
> >and I should switch to visual Studio .Net. Is there any
> >reason why i should not us FP2003 and what are the
> >restrictions?
> >thanks.
>
> FrontPage neither tries nor succeeds in being a complete,
> integrated development system for database applications on
> the Web. It does have some components that support simple
> data entry into a database, and simple database reporting.
>
> If you want to do more than, you'll need to start writing
> program code, probably in ASP or ASP.NET.
>
> You can do fairly well developing ASP pages in FrontPage,
> and particularly in FP2003 because of its improved code
> editor. However, ASP pages are now officially "old"
> technology and if you're just starting out, you may prefer
> to go with its successor, ASP.NET.
>
> Compared to ASP, ASP.NET is remarkably more capable. That
> capability, however, comes at the price of some
> complexity. To deal with that complexity, most ASP.NET
> developers use some form of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
> This could be either Visual Basic .NET Standard or C#
> Standard (which cost about $100 each), or a full-blown
> version of Visual Studio.
>
> Unfortunately, the Visual Studio HTML editor is nowhere
> near as friendly as that in FrontPage. As a result, many
> developers use FrontPage for the visual aspects of a site,
> and some form of Visual Studio for the programming.
>
> So, the choice of tool really depends on how far you plan
> to go within some timeframe.
>
> Jim Buyens
> Microsoft FrontPage MVP
>
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