[AccessD] Running A Stand Alone On A MAC

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Jun 22 00:13:59 CDT 2012


We have been doing this for months.  It works like a charm.  In Windows 7 in Parallels on a Mac... 
well... let's just say I don't know all (any?) of the Mac secret potions.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it


On 6/22/2012 12:28 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Now what is complex about that?
>
> Now to get it to work reliably is another whole subject.
>
> Jim
>
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> This is a smallish runtime FE hitting a SQL Server BE over the web.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
>
> On 6/21/2012 3:45 PM, John Bartow wrote:
>> Are these access apps runtimes, per chance, frontend apps with a networked
>> backend db?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 2:36 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Running A Stand Alone On A MAC
>>
>> I have a client that does this.  He runs Windows 7 in a virtual machine
>> (parallels) and I do a runtime in that.  It works fine.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> Colby Consulting
>>
>> Reality is what refuses to go away
>> when you do not believe in it
>>
>>
>> On 6/21/2012 1:54 PM, Tony Septav wrote:
>>> Hey All
>>> This is all new to me. I have a client who has switched from being a
>>> PC user to a MAC user. He is thinking of installing an ACCESS
>>> application I designed for him (for the PC) on his MAC machine. He is
>>> using a program called Parallels to allow him to run Windows on the
>>> MAC.  I guess what I am asking is does anyone know of any problems (if
>>> any) in trying to this or should it be just simply transparent?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> T. Septav
>>> MicroCoast Solutions
>>> Nanaimo, BC
>>> Canada
>>>
>>
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