***** I would like to clear this once and for all !!!!

[Robert]

Hi everybody,
I have a very simple question!
I started out by creating a simple database for my
company to automate some administration tasks.

However, my database has grown to pratically a full
fledged software with amazing particularities that favor
the particular nature of my business.

Lately I have been getting the "dream-like" idea of maybe
marketing this Access database. The core of my question
is this:

"According to the rules of the art of the computer
programming world, is putting an Access database software
on the market using all of its bells and whitles (Ex: ODE
tools etc..) a practice that can be successfull ?

To all that can help me, I thankyou in advance for your
advice!

Regards,

Robert

 

[Kevin3NF]

Assuming there are people that can benefit from it, and people that can sell
it...yes.

 

[TC]

Sure. But you need to be careful that you do not create a monster that will
haunt you forever after.

For example, at present, if you need to enhance your database, I imagine
that you would just go in to it, & make some changes. How is that going to
work when you have copies of your database all over the state
(country/contitnent/world)? What if some people do not always take-on the
new version(s)? (so now, the copies around the state are all at >different
versions<, then you need to change them again)? What if some people have
their PCs set to a screen resolution that does not match yours (where you
developed the system)? Have you developed comprhensive written & online
Help? What happens if someone's PC crashes, & they need to restore the
system, but with >their own data< ? If you will be selling the system into
other countries, do it work correctly in countries with different
day/month/year order to your own?

These are just some of the issues that are irrelevent when you develop a
system for your own (or your company's) use, but they become absolutely
critical when you release a product for general use. You really need to
think through every possible scenario, & ask yourself "how would that
work?", understanding that the PC in question might be in another state (or
continent), being used by people who you have never met, on a PC with total
different settings than yours.

HTH,
TC