[P1] FileMaker Pro for OS X

[Richard McKay]

Hi Jay,

Have you tried using a trial version of FMP 6 from the web or a magazine CD?
(it's valid 30 days) This would be my method as it will allow you to try it
out in person using your computer and at your own time. BTW, you do know
that there is MySQL available for free that works in OS X and is
multiplatform? (Win, Linux, OS X and others) I believe that it can import
and export to MS Access but have not tried myself...it is command line as is
but there are shareware GUI's available for it...

HTH,

Richard
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Am 10/12/02 16:42 schrieb "Jay Boshara" unter <jboshara at mchsi.com>:

> At work I have a new 17-inch iMac.  I need to be able to read Microsoft
> Access databases, add records to them, do all the things to them that can be
> done in Access, and then send them to others so that they can be read by
> others with Access.  The way I have achieved this thus far is to get Virtual
> PC with Windows XP Home edition and run Access using VPC.  However, this is
> a pain in the neck because I have to run VPC in OS 9 (running it in OS X is
> just too slow), but that means I have to switch back and forth between OS
> and OS X.  I know that I can just run OS 9 all the time, but I really like
> OS X.  So my question is this:  Does the OS X version of FileMaker Pro read
> Access databases, and if so, how well?  Also, can I save a FileMaker Pro
> database in a way that can be read by others with Access?  I¹d like to dump
> VPC altogether and just use FileMaker in OS X if the files can be
> exchangeable with Access users.  What do you think?