Doug Murphy
dw-murphy at cox.net
Thu Jun 9 12:43:50 CDT 2005
Steve, To run Access on a Mac you have to do it under Windows emulation. We have had folks run our software, which is an Access runtime, on their Macs under Virtual PC. I set one of these up a couple of years ago and it wasn't a big deal, aside from the cost to the client to get virtual PC which included the licensed version of Windows running in Virtual PC. Microsoft purchased VirtualPC a while back and I can't speak to how it works now. The two installations I worked with ran well. There is another Operating system emulator program available but I can't remember the name at the moment. Doug -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Capistrant Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:12 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] Access on Macs I met yesterday with a prospect for our Access-based software product. A fifth of their computers are Macs, the remainder PCs. Based on what I have assumed for YEARS, I noted that it won't fly with the Mac users, unless you buy some third party emulator, and even then I've heard about flaky behavior. Yet they assured me that Macs can run all MS Office applications. No emulator. Am I in the dark here? Do Macs have a native MS Office version? If so, does it include Access? And if so, can they work seamlessly with an Access file generated from a PC, or is there some format conversion that is required to create a Mac-enabled file? Steve Capistrant scapistrant at symphonyinfo.com Symphony Information Services 7308 Aspen Lane North, Suite 132 Brooklyn Park, MN 55428 763-391-7400 www.symphonyinfo.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com