MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Thu Feb 2 15:59:53 CST 2006
You might get away with using Mono or Grasshopper to run an Net IDE app on Linux Visual Studio .NET IDE for Linux http://www.codeproject.com/showcase/Mainsoft_grasshopper.asp Grasshopper Sample for running Northwind SQL http://dev.mainsoft.com/Default.aspx?tabid=45 Mono Project http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page An Access MDE might require the Samba filesystem on Linux. This is all a little esoteric right now. Bryan Carbonnell wrote: >On 02/02/06, Ken Ismert <KIsmert at texassystems.com> wrote: > > >>Bryan, >> >> >> >>>>the problem with KOffice is that it is only native to Linux... >>>> >>>> >>Oops... But for a hypothetical Free OS/Free Office Suite/EZ-MRP bundle, >>that would be OK. >> >> > >You know, I really need to read the whole thread carefully. The >question WAS about it being on Linux. Doh!! > >What I like about OOo is that once its written on one platform, it >*should* work on all the platforms that support OOo. > > > >>I looked at the Koffice web site, and found out these things about Kexi: >> >>* Native MySQL/PostgreSQL support >> >> > >Nice. > > > >>* No ODBC support >> >> > >Not a biggie for me. > > > >>* Uses SQLite as its native engine >> >> > >Cool. > > > >>* Native Forms, in the Access sense >> >> > >Cool. > > > >>* Conversion of Access Data to native format (early beta, though) >> >> > >I'd be interested in seeing how this works on some fairly hefty apps I've got. > > > >>* No Reports yet. >> >>That last bit is a kicker. No reports = not yet ready for primetime. >> >> > >Doh!! The knock out punch. Althoug, depending on the complexity I >wonder if pushing the data to a KWord document might work out fine in >the short run. > >-- >Bryan Carbonnell - carbonnb at gmail.com >Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well >preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, >shouting "What a great ride!" > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada