----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter A. March" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [users] Databases on the Mac (was: BASE problem with database downloaded from website)
> James Mckenzie wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > >> From: Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Aug 17, 2006 11:29 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [users] BASE problem with database downloaded from website > >> > <SNIP> > >> That's the usual crux with people knowing only their MS universe: You > >> can open dBase files with MS Access, so it must be that you need MS > >> Access to open them, right? Wrong. dBase is a (historic, nontheless > >> wide-spread) database format. Since it's pretty simple, there are > >> zillions of applications able to read/write them. Amongst them, > >> Microsoft Access and OpenOffice.org Base. > >> > > It appears that OpenOffice.org for the Mac 2.0.3 cannot open a dBase IV style file. > > I was able to open it, however, with the trial version of Excel. Another problem that > > may force Mac users away from OpenOffice.org. I did open an IZ for this. > > > > James M. > > I probably should keep quiet but since M$ Access doesnot even EXIST for > the Mac, would the fact that BASE can't open some files really stop > someone? I would think a bigger game breaker for Mac users would be > connectivity to filemaker pro databases > > WalterAM > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
