Access Data Base on Apple Mac System

[Roger Bell]

Could some one tell me if a Data Base designed in Access on a Windows Based
DOS system work on an Apple Mac system without any complications?

Thanks for any help

 

[Ken Snell \(MVP\)]

ACCESS databases do not run on a Mac operating system; you'd have to run it
in the Windows emulator feature of the Mac computer.

 

[John W. Vinson]

Could some one tell me if a Data Base designed in Access on a Windows Based
DOS system work on an Apple Mac system without any complications?

Access - no. It's not supported on OS-X.

You can run Windows on a Mac machine, and/or run Windows as a service within
OS-X, and run Access in that instance of Windows.

Why you would even want to consider a DOS based database is beyond me...
that's *really* old software! Consider one of the database packages that run
on both platforms.

John W. Vinson [MVP]

 

[Aaron Kempf]

yet another reason that you all should be runnnig Access Data Projects

then you could use SQL Server from the MAC.
as it is-- Access isn't supported anywhere except Windows and it never will
be

 

[Aaron Kempf]

SQL Server works on OS-X though

of course-- not as a SERVER but it will as a client

 

[Aaron Kempf]

CORRECTION

if you use SQL Server then you can use enterprise level tools in order to
manage information in a SQL Server database.

RIGHT?


I'd reccomend keeping everything in SQL Server; SQL Server has a bunch of
new web service stuff that will easily allow mac users to consume and use
data from SQL Server

-Aaron

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Could some one tell me if a Data Base designed in Access on a Windows Based
DOS system work on an Apple Mac system without any complications?

What do you mean by Windows Based DOS system? Windows NT 3.51, 4.0,
2000, XP and Vista are not based on DOS. Although they do have a
command prompt screen which allows you to run DOS commands and
programs.

Tony
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[Roger Bell]

Thanks all
What I meant was Access running on Windows XP. What are the names of
Database packages that run on both Windows & AppleMac?
Someone informed me you can buy a Microsoft Office suite designed for the
Mac. Is this true?

Thanks for all your help

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

What I meant was Access running on Windows XP. What are the names of
Database packages that run on both Windows & AppleMac?

FileMakerPro is one of them.

Someone informed me you can buy a Microsoft Office suite designed for the
Mac. Is this true?

Yes but it doesn't have Access in it.

Tony
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[Larry Linson]

Yes but it doesn't have Access in it.

And, Microsoft recently announced that the next release will no longer
support VBA. That, apparently, will lose Microsoft more than a few
customers; I was surprised at the number of people who were outraged because
they use VBA in Excel and Word.

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

And, Microsoft recently announced that the next release will no longer
support VBA. That, apparently, will lose Microsoft more than a few
customers; I was surprised at the number of people who were outraged because
they use VBA in Excel and Word.

Just to clarify this comment for lurkers. Only the Mac version of
Microsoft Office will no longer support VBA.

The Windows version will almost certainly support VBA. I only say
almost certainly because I don't speak for Microsoft but I sure don't
see how they could drop VBA support.

Tony
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[5th Amendment]

yeah, nope!

they're changing everything to the infopath 2007 model; where it's all
..NETified

It's called VSTA instead of VBA I beleive


and I can't wait for the new flavor of ADP

 

[Felicity]

Can anyone please advise of a database that can be used on a Mac, which is as
good as Access?

Cheers. Felicity

 

[Graham Mandeno]

Hi Felicity

What do you mean? There is *no* desktop database that's as good as Access!
;-)

Seriously, I know a number of people with Macs who run Access on a virtual
PC and it seems to work very well.
--
Good Luck

Graham Mandeno [Access MVP]
Auckland, New Zealand

 

[Larry Linson]

What do you mean? There is *no* desktop database
that's as good as Access! ;-)

And, by millions and millions of users, there is none that even contests
Access for "Most Popular Database Ever", either.

Larry

 

[John W. Vinson]

Can anyone please advise of a database that can be used on a Mac, which is as
good as Access?

The big players in databases on the Mac platform, at least the last I checked,
were 4th Dimension and Paradox. Neither (IMHO) is as capable as Access, but
they do work and do have some good points.

 

[David W. Fenton]

The big players in databases on the Mac platform, at least the
last I checked, were 4th Dimension and Paradox. Neither (IMHO) is
as capable as Access, but they do work and do have some good
points.

You must not have checked for, oh, 10 years or so.

Filemaker is the hands-down winner on the Mac, and it also runs on
Windows.

It's not as good as Access, but it's probably good enough for 90% of
users.

 

[John W. Vinson]

You must not have checked for, oh, 10 years or so.

Filemaker is the hands-down winner on the Mac, and it also runs on
Windows.

D'oh!!! I knew that, just couldn't bring it to the front of my memory. I'm
sure I wrote Paradox while thinking of Filemaker. Thanks David!