Originally Posted by
Cpt_Pugwash
Spurlash2,
DII(F) doesn't do Access, at least only the runtime version if you're lucky and your case has been successful. No reason
AFAIK, just policy.
Access is deprecated because there are too many cases where people are relying on a database written by someone who was posted or retired a few years ago without leaving any documentation or passing on the arcane kludges that were put into it to make it work. This isn't too much of a problem for a relatively simple database, even something as important as the gen for running a flt, allocating duties etc - people can revert to pen, paper and complaining. However, where it's running important, operationally or financially critical stuff and will be broken by amove to a new computer it can cause all sorts of pain.