Sorry, I meant to say "Update: Walter is correct. Access did not ship with my Test Drive for Office for the Mac 2004 which came with my new Mac PowerBookPro."
My apologies to Walter for calling him an it. James McKenzie James McKenzie wrote: > Update: It is correct. Access does not ship with Office for Mac 2004. > > James M. > > > James McKenzie wrote: > >> Let me check my copy of Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive. I was able to >> open the .DBF file with Excel and it was properly identified as being a >> dBaseIV file. >> >> James M. >> >> >> oselladore wrote: >> >> >>> ----- 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]
