Access DB on a Mac? - microsoft.public.access

A friend just bought a MacBook Air and he needs to view a couple of Access DBs on the Mac. He doesn't need to manipulate the DBs just view it. What is the preferred method to view an Access DB on a Mac? Thanks, Tom

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:07:26 GMT, "Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote: Open the file in McNotepad? Just kidding. Access only runs on Windows, but fortunately you can run Windows on a Mac. If you set him up with the runtime, he doesn't even need to shell out money for MsAccess. -Tom. >A friend just bought a MacBook Air and he needs to view a couple of Access >DBs on the Mac. >He doesn't need to manipulate the DBs just view it. What is the preferred >method to view an Access DB on a Mac? > >Thanks, > >Tom >

"Tom van Stiphout" <no.spam.tom7744@cox.net> wrote in message news:7dq3u31jj9foduh3h0lijv94ukjltgl316@4ax.com... > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:07:26 GMT, "Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote: > > Open the file in McNotepad? Just kidding. > Access only runs on Windows, but fortunately you can run Windows on a > Mac. If you set him up with the runtime, he doesn't even need to shell > out money for MsAccess. > > -Tom. He doesn't want Windows the MacBook Air at all. Can he install a Mac version of Access runtime? Mike

"Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote in message news:JWrEj.5989$sw3.4214@trnddc06... > > "Tom van Stiphout" <no.spam.tom7744@cox.net> wrote in message > news:7dq3u31jj9foduh3h0lijv94ukjltgl316@4ax.com... >> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:07:26 GMT, "Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote: >> >> Open the file in McNotepad? Just kidding. >> Access only runs on Windows, but fortunately you can run Windows on a >> Mac. If you set him up with the runtime, he doesn't even need to shell >> out money for MsAccess. > > He doesn't want Windows the MacBook Air at all. Can he install a Mac > version of Access runtime? No. There's no such thing. Access only runs under Windows. The runtime version of Access is the same executable as the full-blown version: it's just that much of its functionality has been turned off through the inclusion of literally hundreds of registry entries. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no e-mails, please!)

On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:31:53 GMT, "Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote: There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago before MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs. -Tom. > >"Tom van Stiphout" <no.spam.tom7744@cox.net> wrote in message >news:7dq3u31jj9foduh3h0lijv94ukjltgl316@4ax.com... >> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:07:26 GMT, "Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote: >> >> Open the file in McNotepad? Just kidding. >> Access only runs on Windows, but fortunately you can run Windows on a >> Mac. If you set him up with the runtime, he doesn't even need to shell >> out money for MsAccess. >> >> -Tom. >He doesn't want Windows the MacBook Air at all. Can he install a Mac >version of Access runtime? > >Mike >

"Tom van Stiphout" <no.spam.tom7744@cox.net> wrote in message news:cjs4u31rosu5l30aht786vpmqb7e6640nt@4ax.com... > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:31:53 GMT, "Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote: > > There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago before > MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs. > > -Tom. Hmm, this is pretty grim.

I think that Filemaker may be able to get at an Access database. Exell for Mac can run queries on Access if you install an ODBC driver (Available from Access Technologies .. On 3/20/08 7:40 PM, in article zeFEj.4384$jw2.3487@trndny04, "Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote: > > "Tom van Stiphout" <no.spam.tom7744@cox.net> wrote in message > news:cjs4u31rosu5l30aht786vpmqb7e6640nt@4ax.com... >> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:31:53 GMT, "Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote: >> >> There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago before >> MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs. >> >> -Tom. > > Hmm, this is pretty grim. > >

Tom van Stiphout <no.spam.tom7744@cox.net> wrote: >There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago before >MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs. No there wasn't. There are references in A97 help to Mac stuff but that was due to an error when compiling the help text. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can read the entire thread of messages. Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/

Tom van Stiphout <no.spam.tom7744@cox.net> wrote in news:cjs4u31rosu5l30aht786vpmqb7e6640nt@4ax.com: > There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago > before MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs. Are you certain about that? I don't think it's actually true. The Mac-specific points in Access 2's help file applied to data stored on Mac volumes, I thought. -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

"Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> wrote in news:zeFEj.4384$jw2.3487@trndny04: > "Tom van Stiphout" <no.spam.tom7744@cox.net> wrote in message > news:cjs4u31rosu5l30aht786vpmqb7e6640nt@4ax.com... >> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:31:53 GMT, "Tom" <yahoo@earthlink.com> >> wrote: >> >> There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago >> before MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs. > > Hmm, this is pretty grim. It's extremely easy with Parallels and other software to run Windows apps on a Mac these days, since Macs are now Intel-based -- this means you're not paying nearly as high a price for the emulation layer. Lots of pros use Macs and run Windows programs on them. -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

"Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews@telusplanet.net> wrote in news:8kd8u3l598m1up7dtod8a11j4eot36hcu7@4ax.com: > Tom van Stiphout <no.spam.tom7744@cox.net> wrote: > >>There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago >>before MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs. > > No there wasn't. There are references in A97 help to Mac stuff > but that was due to an error when compiling the help text. Er, what? How would Mac-specific items get into the source RTFs? -- David W. Fenton http://www.dfenton.com/ usenet at dfenton dot com http://www.dfenton.com/DFA/

"David W. Fenton" <XXXusenet@dfenton.com.invalid> wrote: >> No there wasn't. There are references in A97 help to Mac stuff >> but that was due to an error when compiling the help text. > >Er, what? How would Mac-specific items get into the source RTFs? I don't recall now and I can't find the specific posting in my archives. And it might've been over a beer. But there was a reason of some sort. Was it some of the DOS based functions? And the help there was shared with Mac Office? Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can read the entire thread of messages. Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:25:28 -0600, "Tony Toews [MVP]" <ttoews@telusplanet.net> wrote: >"David W. Fenton" <XXXusenet@dfenton.com.invalid> wrote: > >>> No there wasn't. There are references in A97 help to Mac stuff >>> but that was due to an error when compiling the help text. >> >>Er, what? How would Mac-specific items get into the source RTFs? > >I don't recall now and I can't find the specific posting in my >archives. And it might've been over a beer. But there was a reason >of some sort. Was it some of the DOS based functions? And the help >there was shared with Mac Office? > >Tony Quite a lot of the Help, especially VBA help, was shared across the Office suite - and Excel and Word did (and do) run on Macs. -- John W. Vinson [MVP]

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