[AccessD] File Maker Pro vs. Access

You can create some incredibly BAD applicatons in File Maker, how bad
depends on the version. :-<

There is very little distinction in FileMaker between the GUI and the
data structures and only the latest version actually keeps all the
tables and "relationships" in a single file instead of separate files.
I'm not sure there ARE any "standard" occurrences in FileMaker, but you
can download a 30-day free trial of the latest version and play with it
to see how it behaves.  It is enough to make any Access developer fall
to their knees in gratitude that they don't have to use FileMaker!

Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: Julie Reardon-Taylor [mailto:prosoft6 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 8:26 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] File Maker Pro vs. Access


Hi Everyone,

Just wondered if there were some opinions about developing in File Maker
Pro 
vs. Access.  I have heard a few opinions on the topic in the past, but 
wondered if anyone out there has experience in both.

I'm supporting an application (backup support) that was written in File 
Maker Pro, and the users keep complaining that it runs really slowly
around 
the first of the month(when they are the busiest)  Since the application
was 
written by another company, I dont' have any rights to make changes. The

company claims that everything is working great.......but the users of 
course aren't happy.

It seems that File Maker is opening every single module, even though the

users may only be calling one portion of the program.  You can actually
sit 
there and watch all of the screens load. There must be at least fifteen
of 
them.  Just wondering if this is a File Maker standard type occurrence,
or 
maybe just the way the programmer made things happen.

Any opinions?



Julie Reardon-Taylor
PRO-SOFT OF NY, INC.
44 Public Square Suite #5
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone/Fax: (315) 785-0319
www.pro-soft.net


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