[DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: [MacLaw] Fwd: Microsoft Access?

[Tonnemacher]

Thank you all for your insight.  I was considering VPC, however I don't feel it is worth the $$ just for this little problem.

I will make do without.

Thank you again.

Doug 
On Monday, February 14, 2005, at 09:31PM, Bill Davis <billd@ecity.net> wrote:

>That won't really do it; you could convert the data tables, but not the 
>data entry form, reports, queries, and Visual Basic for Applications 
>program code, and if they are using an Access-based third-party 
>product, then it certainly does involve entry forms and VBA code (or a 
>standalone Windows program that reads Access .mdb data files)
>
>There really is no solution for converting or running Access databases 
>like this on a Mac except using Virtual PC, Guest PC to run PC software 
>on your Mac, or by using the free Remote Desktop Connection for Mac to 
>connect to a physical PC.
>
>If the database in question uses JUST the data tables, however, then it 
>could probably be converted to a cross-platform database such as 
>FileMaker without much difficulty or time.
>
>(I program Microsoft Access databases and Visual BASIC programs for a 
>living, by the way.)
>
>  - Bill Davis
>
>
>
>On Feb 14, 2005, at 7:26 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>
>>>
>>> I'm not aware of anything like this when I searched a year or so ago. 
>>> The
>>> firm I was forming uses TrialWorks Jet, which is Access based. There 
>>> was no
>>> mac version of access, hence no mac version of TW.
>>>
>>> You might see if your employer would consider using a different 
>>> database
>>> such as MySQL. From what I understand it is possible to convert 
>>> access to
>>> SQL.
>>
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