[AccessD] File Maker Pro vs. Access

Yes, that first one pretty much sums it up. :->

Charlotte Foust


-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart McLachlan [mailto:stuart at lexacorp.com.pg] 
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 4:21 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] File Maker Pro vs. Access


On 15 Jul 2005 at 8:56, Charlotte Foust wrote:

> 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!
> 

See:
http://advisorforums.com/dFileMaker001.nsf/0/28b623cbbee234d193b008918e2
948b
8?OpenDocument

A bit old:
http://www.techsoup.org/howto/articlepage.cfm?ArticleId=207&topicid=6


-- 
Stuart


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