[AccessD] Running A Stand Alone On A MAC

Doug Steele dbdoug at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 23:43:21 CDT 2012


I assume you want to copy?  On a Mac, substitute the 'command' key (four
leaf clover icon) for the Windows Ctl key.  Works for most of the Windows
Ctl-whatever keys.

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 9:36 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote:

> Yea maybe.  All I know is I am telling Mike to hit control-C and he is
> hunting for the ctl key...
>
>
> > Transparent it is, kinda, within the framework of "it's running on a
> Mac".
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
>
> On 6/22/2012 12:12 AM, Darryl Collins wrote:
>
>> From memory (and it has been a long time since I used a Mac regularly -
>>> indeed, my Mac days were pre Steve Jobs 2nd coming when Macs used to really
>>> suck) you can use the "Apple" key as a substitute control key, or at least
>>> that is how it used to be.
>>>
>>
>> Perhaps that has all changed now...
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>[mailto:
>> accessd-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>]
>> On Behalf Of jwcolby
>> Sent: Friday, 22 June 2012 1:45 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [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.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>
>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>]
>>> On Behalf Of jwcolby
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 7:32 PM
>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Running A Stand Alone On A MAC
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: accessd-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>
>>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces@**databaseadvisors.com<accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com>]
>>>> On Behalf Of jwcolby
>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 2:36 PM
>>>> 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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