[email protected] wrote: > Brandy wrote: > >> save MS Access documents from my home computer. This is a software >> that I > > There are a couple of options here: > > 1) Buy MSAccess for however much it is currently going for. [I > _think_ I saw it for $250 at Office Depot the other day.] Not available for most brands of UNIX, Linux or Mac OS X. If you have a supported version of Windows, you can get it either this way or upgrade to Microsoft Office Professional. > > 2) Free, as in beer, programs that will edit databases for MSAccess > 97, and 200. > * Text2DAO: HouseOfMyrrh.org: Does not open password protected > databases. Designed for easy editing, or creating of simple databases. > Tables, records, or fields can not be deleted, once created. It > permits export of a single table to CSV format, which can be opened by > any spreadsheet program. [This program was written to help people > create resources for the e-Sword Bible Study program.] > * TheWORDpad Editor: Cetus Software: Can open password protected > databases. This is geared towards editing databases. [This program was > written to help people create resources for the e-Sword Bible Study > program.] This one may exist for UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X. I'm not sure about this, however. Can anyone confirm? > [Disclaimer: I provide support for both Text2DAO, and TheWORDpad Editor.) > > 3) Roll your own, using MDBTools (available from Sourceforge). > > 4) Buy one of the MSAccess clones. > >> Did I do something incorrectly because others that have used your >> product state they have access to MS Access. > > AFAIK, OOo can neither edit, nor create MS Access databases. It can > read them if MDAC 2.8, and several other things are installed on your > system. I don't remember what else was required. :( And it is not possible to read a MS Access database on UNIX, Linux or Mac OS X. The project to make this happen is stalled right now and may be looking for assistance.
James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
