ACTEBS
actebs at actebs.com.au
Fri Oct 15 10:28:00 CDT 2004
Chris, I think the department are moving away from Filemaker exactly because of the reasons you've stated. Also, they are having difficulty finding someone who knows much about it. They also claim it's a bit of a slug, but I can't comment as haven't seen the app in action. I went everywhere trying to find the odbc download on the filemaker site, nowhere to be found. You wouldn't happen to have the actual link to the download would you? Thanx Vlad -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mackin, Christopher Sent: Saturday, 16 October 2004 12:10 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Filemaker ODBC Driver for Access I have down some work with FileMkaer Proc in recent history, it is the absolute worst "database" product I have ever seen, we refered to it as the "My First Database" product line. You'll love it the first time you come across a "Date" field that contains string data or a "Number" field that contains string, no primary keys can be established in spite the ability to set fields to "unique". Anyway, you can download a free ODBC driveer from FileMaker Pro's website, one key to rememeber when setting up an ODBC connection with it is that you MUST have the FileMaker Pro file open while you are connecting to it, otherwise the connection fails. -Chris Mackin -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of ACTEBS Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 11:33 PM To: access group Subject: [AccessD] Filemaker ODBC Driver for Access Guys, Does anyone know where to get an ODBC driver for Filemaker Pro? I have a client who is migrating from Filemaker Pro to Access (Government Dept) and they would not know where to get the disk that was originally installed on their PC. The task of extracting the data from his FmPro DB into Access is part of an app I'm building for them. I don't want to purchase one if I don't have to, but the only ones I can find online are $100+. For one file and one import instance I can't see that that is value for money... Any help greatly appreciated... Vlad -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com