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George W. Barrowcliff

Access 2007
I started looking into developing an Access app for use in operating a gas
station, but before I got too deep into it I surfed for some existing
software and found a product free for download. The business model is:
Make the basic free, then charge for customization. This was OK with me
based on how much was already done in the download. It looked promising so
I contacted the developers but they were on to something else and didn't
want to spend time on this product so they offered to give me the sources
and let me do whatever.
I downloaded the sources and unzipped them into a dir (see listing below),
but I cannot get Access to load up a normal development setup. When I
select the pet.mdb, all the tables open and a single query but none of the
forms are available.
I think this has potential, they have done a lot of work that I would have
to duplicate including custom menus etc. (But no install info-Well it was
free!)
The dates are all 2005 and 6 but I have not found any trademarks with
product names except for VB6.

If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate your input.

Thanks, GWB



[REPORT] [NewData] Module1.bas
Module2.bas frmlogincreate.frm InvoiceNo.frm
Frmmain.frm Sale.frm ST_FORM.FRM
Repsale.frm Form1.frm frmsettings.frm
Total Sale Report.frm frmbalance.frm jour_form.frm
Totalsalerepot.frm date_form.frm Payment_form.frm
back.frm Mac.frm progress_bar.frm
PAY_FORM.FRM frmAbout.frm Bacup.frm
backup1.frm ledger_form.frm purc.frm
TotalSaleReport.frm Cont_form.frm CompName.frm
Form2.frm frmlogin.frm frmsiftsetting.frm
Rec.frm Item.frm Rep_form.frm
Tank.frm frmsiftsetting.frx Rec.frx
Form2.frx Jour_form.frx MAC.FRX
PURC.FRX backup1.frx TANK.FRX
ledger_form.frx REP_FORM.FRX FRMABOUT.FRX
SALE.FRX Bacup.frx FRMLOGIN.FRX
frmlogincreate.frx payment_form.frx ITEM.FRX
PAY_FORM.FRX Cont_form.frx ST_FORM.FRX
ST6UNST.LOG backup.log FRMLOGIN.log
ITEM.log Sale11.log Frmmain.log
TOTALS~3.log event.log back.log
frmlogincreate.log backup1.log Sale.log
Repsale.log purc.log Sale1.log
progress_bar.log Pet.mdb PETROL.PDM
invr.rpt Invoice.rpt Invoice1.rpt
MSSCCPRJ.SCC VB4E3.tmp VB4DF.tmp
psmdir.txt WorkModifiedByMohan.txt Group1.vbg
Petrol.vbp Project1.vbp Project2.vbp
Project2.vbw PETROL.VBW Project1.vbw
ACCOUNT.VBW
 
This is a Visual Basic 6 project. It is not an Access application. It
apparently uses an Access MDB as the backend.

If you want to modify their application, you'll have to get VB6, or convert
it to VB.Net.

George W. Barrowcliff said:
Access 2007
I started looking into developing an Access app for use in operating a gas
station, but before I got too deep into it I surfed for some existing
software and found a product free for download. The business model is:
Make the basic free, then charge for customization. This was OK with me
based on how much was already done in the download. It looked promising so
I contacted the developers but they were on to something else and didn't
want to spend time on this product so they offered to give me the sources
and let me do whatever.
I downloaded the sources and unzipped them into a dir (see listing below),
but I cannot get Access to load up a normal development setup. When I
select the pet.mdb, all the tables open and a single query but none of the
forms are available.
I think this has potential, they have done a lot of work that I would have
to duplicate including custom menus etc. (But no install info-Well it was
free!)
The dates are all 2005 and 6 but I have not found any trademarks with
product names except for VB6.

If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate your input.

Thanks, GWB



[REPORT] [NewData] Module1.bas
Module2.bas frmlogincreate.frm InvoiceNo.frm
Frmmain.frm Sale.frm ST_FORM.FRM
Repsale.frm Form1.frm frmsettings.frm
Total Sale Report.frm frmbalance.frm jour_form.frm
Totalsalerepot.frm date_form.frm Payment_form.frm
back.frm Mac.frm progress_bar.frm
PAY_FORM.FRM frmAbout.frm Bacup.frm
backup1.frm ledger_form.frm purc.frm
TotalSaleReport.frm Cont_form.frm CompName.frm
Form2.frm frmlogin.frm frmsiftsetting.frm
Rec.frm Item.frm Rep_form.frm
Tank.frm frmsiftsetting.frx Rec.frx
Form2.frx Jour_form.frx MAC.FRX
PURC.FRX backup1.frx TANK.FRX
ledger_form.frx REP_FORM.FRX FRMABOUT.FRX
SALE.FRX Bacup.frx FRMLOGIN.FRX
frmlogincreate.frx payment_form.frx ITEM.FRX
PAY_FORM.FRX Cont_form.frx ST_FORM.FRX
ST6UNST.LOG backup.log FRMLOGIN.log
ITEM.log Sale11.log Frmmain.log
TOTALS~3.log event.log back.log
frmlogincreate.log backup1.log Sale.log
Repsale.log purc.log Sale1.log
progress_bar.log Pet.mdb PETROL.PDM
invr.rpt Invoice.rpt Invoice1.rpt
MSSCCPRJ.SCC VB4E3.tmp VB4DF.tmp
psmdir.txt WorkModifiedByMohan.txt Group1.vbg
Petrol.vbp Project1.vbp Project2.vbp
Project2.vbw PETROL.VBW Project1.vbw
ACCOUNT.VBW
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thanks Kipp, sorry for the dumb question. The vendor told me a dozen times
it was an access project. Obviously I didn't ask the right question.

GWB

Kipp Woodard said:
This is a Visual Basic 6 project. It is not an Access application. It
apparently uses an Access MDB as the backend.

If you want to modify their application, you'll have to get VB6, or
convert
it to VB.Net.

George W. Barrowcliff said:
Access 2007
I started looking into developing an Access app for use in operating a
gas
station, but before I got too deep into it I surfed for some existing
software and found a product free for download. The business model is:
Make the basic free, then charge for customization. This was OK with me
based on how much was already done in the download. It looked promising
so
I contacted the developers but they were on to something else and didn't
want to spend time on this product so they offered to give me the sources
and let me do whatever.
I downloaded the sources and unzipped them into a dir (see listing
below),
but I cannot get Access to load up a normal development setup. When I
select the pet.mdb, all the tables open and a single query but none of
the
forms are available.
I think this has potential, they have done a lot of work that I would
have
to duplicate including custom menus etc. (But no install info-Well it
was
free!)
The dates are all 2005 and 6 but I have not found any trademarks with
product names except for VB6.

If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate your input.

Thanks, GWB



[REPORT] [NewData] Module1.bas
Module2.bas frmlogincreate.frm InvoiceNo.frm
Frmmain.frm Sale.frm ST_FORM.FRM
Repsale.frm Form1.frm frmsettings.frm
Total Sale Report.frm frmbalance.frm jour_form.frm
Totalsalerepot.frm date_form.frm Payment_form.frm
back.frm Mac.frm progress_bar.frm
PAY_FORM.FRM frmAbout.frm Bacup.frm
backup1.frm ledger_form.frm purc.frm
TotalSaleReport.frm Cont_form.frm CompName.frm
Form2.frm frmlogin.frm frmsiftsetting.frm
Rec.frm Item.frm Rep_form.frm
Tank.frm frmsiftsetting.frx Rec.frx
Form2.frx Jour_form.frx MAC.FRX
PURC.FRX backup1.frx TANK.FRX
ledger_form.frx REP_FORM.FRX FRMABOUT.FRX
SALE.FRX Bacup.frx FRMLOGIN.FRX
frmlogincreate.frx payment_form.frx ITEM.FRX
PAY_FORM.FRX Cont_form.frx ST_FORM.FRX
ST6UNST.LOG backup.log FRMLOGIN.log
ITEM.log Sale11.log Frmmain.log
TOTALS~3.log event.log back.log
frmlogincreate.log backup1.log Sale.log
Repsale.log purc.log Sale1.log
progress_bar.log Pet.mdb PETROL.PDM
invr.rpt Invoice.rpt Invoice1.rpt
MSSCCPRJ.SCC VB4E3.tmp VB4DF.tmp
psmdir.txt WorkModifiedByMohan.txt Group1.vbg
Petrol.vbp Project1.vbp Project2.vbp
Project2.vbw PETROL.VBW Project1.vbw
ACCOUNT.VBW
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