How can I use an Access database on a Macintosh?

D

Don Starnes

I'm considering migrating to the Mac. MS Office for the Mac doesn't include
Access.

Is there a db application for the Mac that will read/write to my Access db?
 
D

Douglas J. Steele

The only way you can use Access on a Mac is to run a Windows Emulator
program.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP

(no e-mails, please!)



Don Starnes said:
I'm considering migrating to the Mac. MS Office for the Mac doesn't include
Access.

Is there a db application for the Mac that will read/write to my Access
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db?
 
M

Mike Painter

Don said:
I'm considering migrating to the Mac. MS Office for the Mac doesn't
include Access.

Is there a db application for the Mac that will read/write to my
Access db?
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No. You will have to use an emulator.
There are no databases on the MAC that come close to Access.
Note also that most MAc versions are a generation or two behind current MSFT
programs.
 
J

John Vinson

Is there a db application for the Mac that will read/write to my Access db?
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No.

You'll need to either use a Windows emulator, or migrate the data to
4th Dimension or (less desirably in my opinion) FileMaker Pro. The
user interface will have to be redone from scratch.

John W. Vinson[MVP]
Join the online Access Chats
Tuesday 11am EDT - Thursday 3:30pm EDT
http://community.compuserve.com/msdevapps
 
M

Mike Painter

John said:
No.

You'll need to either use a Windows emulator, or migrate the data to
4th Dimension or (less desirably in my opinion) FileMaker Pro. The
user interface will have to be redone from scratch.
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So will the code.


4D seems to be the more powerful of the two but I've never been able to get
a good grip on it. I have this problem with a lot of software that started
out as somebody's pet project, went commercial but stayed under his or her
control.
 
J

John Vinson

4D seems to be the more powerful of the two but I've never been able to get
a good grip on it. I have this problem with a lot of software that started
out as somebody's pet project, went commercial but stayed under his or her
control.
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:-{(

Not to mention a program (FileMaker) that started out as a program for
managing flat text files and then got delusions of grandeur...

John W. Vinson[MVP]
Join the online Access Chats
Tuesday 11am EDT - Thursday 3:30pm EDT
http://community.compuserve.com/msdevapps
 
B

Brendan Reynolds

I looked at 4D a while back. The learning curve would, I think, be pretty
steep for anyone who is accustomed to standard Windows conventions, but I
did get the impression that there might be a powerful and flexible tool
lurking in there somewhere. Then I asked about licensing. I can't remember
the details now, but I do very clearly remember my reaction: "You have *got*
to be joking!" They weren't (joking, that is) and I lost all interest in 4D
at that point.
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