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Old October 30th, 2002, 02:15 PM
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Database Application

Hello,

Is there an application like MS Access for Mac OSX my problem is i have switched to mac but i have some .mdb databases with forms and want to use them on mac but don't know if there are any database applications for Mac OSX?

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The most similar app would be FileMaker Pro as it combines database and user interface features.

Though it won't read the *.mdb files. You would need to export the data as text first, create a new FileMaker Pro database with the same fields, then import that data.

Obviously you would need to do the export on a pc (or virtual pc) where Access could run.

Or as the previous post said, just get a copy of Virtual PC and run all your pc apps including Access.
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Unfortunately there is nothing that is Access compatable on the Macintosh. There are many alternatives. None that are as easy to integrate a DB with a front end application (to my knowledge) but most are much more powerful than access.
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