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I grew up on a farm and have a soft spot in my heart for people that work with animals. I recently came across great looking apps for managing horses and cattle. People that raise animals know that good record keeping is fundamental to a successful operation.
Here are a couple quotes Terrell Miller sent me about their business:
We put a lot of time into the interface as we've seen it really help sell the software for us. Many of our customers are in the 50+ age range and are often intimidated by computers, so a picture-oriented interface helps them feel more comfortable using our software. We've also adapted this codebase for two other programs: CattleMax (http://www.cattlemax.com) and LonghornMax (http://www.longhornmax.com) which have been sold worldwide in over 40 countries. Many software developers don't realize that MS Access is really a great development tool for building commercial apps. When I see the .NET guys turn their nose up at Access, I just smile knowing that I can build my app in a fraction of the time it takes them - giving me more time to run my business.
We put a lot of time into the interface as we've seen it really help sell the software for us. Many of our customers are in the 50+ age range and are often intimidated by computers, so a picture-oriented interface helps them feel more comfortable using our software. We've also adapted this codebase for two other programs: CattleMax (http://www.cattlemax.com) and LonghornMax (http://www.longhornmax.com) which have been sold worldwide in over 40 countries.
Many software developers don't realize that MS Access is really a great development tool for building commercial apps. When I see the .NET guys turn their nose up at Access, I just smile knowing that I can build my app in a fraction of the time it takes them - giving me more time to run my business.
Here are some screen shots to peek your interest—you can see Terrell and crew has really spent lots of time making them look great!
Update 5/21/2009: Terrell is offering to give a 10% discount through June 15th for any of the products—enter AccessBlog when you check out or mention the blog when you order by phone.
Cool stuff!
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Access never get the credits it deserve, sure it is not for enterprise tool for building large application but for a small business Databases in my view it has proven a great, cheap, fast and easy tool to develop cool looking application. Access 2007 new interface and color schemes make it look more attractive to the users. I hope MS continues with Access long into the future with additional features built in...like launching Access Database from an Internet Explorer, that feature will sure make turning heads.
These apps look great. Any ideas what controls they are using or how they made the splash screen? Particularly the images as buttons and the sub menus they open? Would they be willing to share that information with the access community?
Clint: Thanks again for the writeup and compliments. I have been developing in Access since '99 and glad to share with others what we do. RJ: There are no custom controls on the home screen - it's all done with images. Access 2007's support for transparent pngs made the screen much easier to design than previous Access versions. You are welcome to download the trial version and look in the System\Images folder from within the application as all images are linked rather than embedded. If you have any questions, drop me an email at terrellm at equineiq dot com .
Looks great!! I am always so impressed at your quality of work!
Great stuff, Terrell.
I have a question not directly related to Access. I noticed that you posted video demos. Do you think it is possible to post such videos on youtube or on similar sites? Won't that save you some bandwidth? Also, why don't you let the users download these videos?
Gilad
Great applications.... I am fasinated on you created those's great menus that pop up when you click on a button. I can see the individual images in the systems/images directory but can't quite get my head round how you generate the menus. Any chance of giving us a clue ?? and I must say your applications are the best i have come across to date.
Gilad: we aren't concerned about bandwidth so it was just easier to have them on our own server. Many of our customers aren't tech savvy so aren't heavy YouTube viewers. We do sell the videos on CD for those who can't or don't want to watch online. James: my email is terrellm at equineiq dot com. You are welcome to email and I'll be glad to answer any questions.
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