Colin, Have you tried LibreOffice? Their Access component is also called 'Base' and can be downloaded at www.libreoffice.org.
John On Tuesday 2 9 2016 6:44 AM, Colin Charman wrote: > This should probably be in the Tools Utilities thread, but as Ive only > just joined this group after using Legacy for 20+ years, I cant figure > out how to post into a thread! (any clues welcome) > > I'm doing a one-name study and thus I have several hundred people in > my file called "William Charman" - Legacy isnt too much help in > locating the right one so Ive written numerous MS Access queries that > just help me find the right one amongst many similarly named > individuals - that kind of thing. > > Ive also occasionally (and very very carefully) used MS Access to > update the fbd file - I grew up in IT so I know about backups, > testing, etc. > > For some years Ive wondered about using an alternative to Microsoft > Access. I'm still using Access 2000 and to purchase a modern > equivalent is really quite expensive - about $400-$500 here in UK. > Ive tried Open Office but can't see a way to link to the Legacy .fdb > file. I know I can set up an .mdb file containing links to the .fdb > file, and Open Office can open that as a kind of surrogate. Has > anyone found a way of opening or making a link to an .fdb file in Open > Office? > > Even if this were possible, there is another problem in interpreting > Legacy dates. In MS Access I have a home written VBA function which > turns the 18-byte legacy date into a readable format. As far as I > know, Open Office supports some kind of VBA in its equivalent of Word, > Excel and Powerpoint - but I cant find it in Base (its equivalent of > Access). Does anyone here know whether Open Office or its relatives > can run VBA? > > And lastly, are there any (free!) alternatives to MS-Access or > OpenOffice that might do the trick? > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) > and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
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