[AccessD] Access on Macs

Doug Murphy dw-murphy at cox.net
Thu Jun 9 12:43:50 CDT 2005


Steve,

To run Access on a Mac you have to do it under Windows emulation.  We have
had folks run our software, which is an Access runtime, on their Macs under
Virtual PC.  I set one of these up a couple of years ago and it wasn't a big
deal, aside from the cost to the client to get virtual PC which included the
licensed version of Windows running in Virtual PC.  Microsoft purchased
VirtualPC a while back and I can't speak to how it works now.  The two
installations I worked with ran well.  There is another Operating system
emulator program available but I can't remember the name at the moment.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Capistrant
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:12 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Access on Macs


I met yesterday with a prospect for our Access-based software product. A
fifth of their computers are Macs, the remainder PCs.  Based on what I have
assumed for YEARS, I noted that it won't fly with the Mac users, unless you
buy some third party emulator, and even then I've heard about flaky
behavior.

Yet they assured me that Macs can run all MS Office applications.  No
emulator.  Am I in the dark here?  Do Macs have a native MS Office version?
If so, does it include Access?  And if so, can they work seamlessly with an
Access file generated from a PC, or is there some format conversion that is
required to create a Mac-enabled file?

Steve Capistrant
scapistrant at symphonyinfo.com
Symphony Information Services
7308 Aspen Lane North, Suite 132
Brooklyn Park, MN  55428
763-391-7400
www.symphonyinfo.com

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