Tom Childers included this message within his "Addtional Tables 3" message. I think there are a couple of misunderstandings represented, and I wanted to offer a couple (hopefully clarifying) comments: At 12:01 AM 6/2/01 -0500, you wrote: >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Re: [Additional Tables 2] >Date: 1 Jun 2001 16:55:13 EDT >From: Tennis Nut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Tom Childers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > According to everything I've read from the 'net, > it is *not* possible to enter or import > new, different tables into ebase, > either manually or from Filemaker. It'd be nice to know the sources of this understanding... > It is simply the way ebase is designed > (I'm sure they did it that way on purpose to avoid > copyright violations and misuse of their > and Filemaker's software). > > The only thing a user can do is to > import CSV (or similar) tables > using ebase's existing table layouts, > which, obviously, is of little use to you. I think "layout" here doesn't really mean "layout" the way the term is used in FileMaker references, but means "field structure in a FileMaker file". And I think "table" would be interpreted in "FileMaker" jargon as a "database file". Well, at minimum, you CAN change layouts and add fields to Ebase database files such as the "CUSTOM" table... So I think this last statement makes Ebase sound much more "locked up" than it actually is. Of course, you can ONLY do these things if you're using Ebase with an installed version of FileMaker... > Again, I can probably do what you want through Filemaker, > but, obviously, you won't have the relationships > between your existing data and my new data. > > I am still mystified as to why my Filemaker 4.1 files > can't be read in YOUR Filemaker. > Did you OPEN them or IMPORT them? > (you need to OPEN them; > start with the "subprograms.FP3" > file and see what happens; > if that works, proceed with each table > in the order of your design layout, reading top-down). ************************************************************** Larry F. Bednar Consulting in Statistics, Quality, Data Managment Portland, OR 503.493.8542 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************** ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
