[AccessD] Running A Stand Alone On A MAC

My app is an Access Fe written in Access 2003 (along with my frameworks).  The BE is SQL Server 
running in my office.  The FE runs on a MAC in my colleague's office.  His Mac runs a VM inside of 
which runs Windows 7.  The FE runs under Access 2007 runtime.  The FE accesses the data over the 
internet using Hamachi as a VPN, IOW he runs Hamachi on his system and I run it on my server, and 
Hamachi forms a tunnel over the internet.

You mentioned your client running Access under Windows 7 under Parallels on a Mac.  I am telling you 
that we are doing that.

Transparent it is, kinda, within the framework of "it's running on a Mac".  Just as an example a Mac 
apparently doesn't have a control key.   Hmmm... We Windows folks use the control key for shortcuts 
and stuff.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

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


On 6/21/2012 10:42 PM, Tony Septav wrote:
> Hey John
> Haven't got a clue what you are talking about.
>
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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?
>>
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>> 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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