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[makenoiz]

Hi There , I have a little Journaling Application that I built in Access (VBA). It allows the user to view the current calendar month and select a day to comment on. When clicking on a day, a new form opens on which to input the days information. It also has the ability to automatically compose an email using Outlook to certain individuals that are defined in one of the tables. The email body contains the text from all the fields for that day. There are about 15 different fields that collect different Data, some numerical some text.

Now that this is complete and running well, Id like to move on. I would now like to rebuild this as a 'real' desktop application. I understand that the following question will probably open much debate, but I would like to hear from those of you willing to comment, on which language you think would be best suited for this? I will need to collect and store data for many years (its is a journal or diary as some would call it) would like some sort of back up process and a pleasant interface.

Im a very dedicated and rapid learner, I just need a little assistance being pointed in the right direction.

Thank you for your valuable input.

[WingedPanther]

If you are new to programming, I would start with Java or a .NET language. These will make it easier to get the GUI up and running. .NET languages should interface with both Access and Outlook fairly easily.

[makenoiz]

I appreciate you taking the time to answer... you rock..I will look into .NET thanks

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