Solved MS Access file with VBA macros

MisterEd · May 1, 2023

hdmi said:
Firstly, like I already tried to point out in my post, Sandboxie-Plus is not a VM. Rather, it is called isolation software, and FOSS (free open source software), published on GitHub.

Secondly, the real world comes bundled with real problems like hackers who break into college network infrastructures and lazy professors, the latter often will assume they know everything about everything. Mainly as a consequence of these two real problems, the concerns that were raised by @garlin are all 100% valid, and are valid for reasons that shoud be trivial for someone who, like me, has been programming computers for 38 years, but even after 38 years of knowing Microsoft you won't hear me say that I'm an expert. Knowledge is always important I mean, but since we were talking about the real world, I'll argue for something different. So, I'll argue for things like, "Once bitten, twice shy" and "Better safe than sorry".

There is nothing wrong with being cautious but you can't be paranoid about everything. If you told your college classmates you needed to to use Sandboxie-Plus for your class assignments they would think you were strange. I wrote my first computer program in my second year of college in 1971. College IT departments are very cautious about what is put on their networks. You mostly have to worry about media shared outside that network. For example, sharing things on flash drives. BTW, back in the 1990's I got a Word macro virus from a floppy disk that was shared by a classmate. I have been using computers for more than 50 years but I wouldn't call myself an expert either but at least I know what makes sense and what doesn't.

jimbo45 · May 1, 2023

MisterEd said:
But this is a college class! Access will be run in either Windows 10 or 11. People taking these classes are training for the real world. You're not going to use a VM or similar at a regular job.

The class syllabus determines what software is used. If it says Microsoft Access then that is what will be used. I don't understand why people are arguing for something different.

Many people do actually use a VM without knowing it however the point is taken as they won't be installing or configuring the VM -- -- a lot of corporate servers are often based on a "Virtual Desktop Infrastructure" which usually runs as an application over a standard Windows laptop.

One of the worst ever bits of corporate junk is the CITRIX system -- always amazes me that usually in choice of sensible software corporates often choose the worst possible (and it's often not the cheapest by any manner of means). Perhaps a few "Backhanders" at the Golf Course -- who knows.

However if the syllabus requires MS ACCESS then so be it -- but do be aware that it's particularly weak and using a load of VBA macros on an intrinsically weak piece of software comes with additional risks.

cheers
jimbo

xDeadlYx · May 2, 2023

hdmi said:
"Better safe than sorry".

That was my initial thought when I initially posted this :) Thank you all for the help.

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