-- Thanks a lot, Daniel. I had thought about Bento before, but was uncertain whether it would handle Chinese characters. It'd be be good if it could input and convert Appleworks database files, I think I tried this a while back, and it wouldn't. But I'll download the trial version and see how that behaves for me.
Cheers -- David / Mar 7 ===== On 17 March 2011 10:38, Daniel Kerr <dan...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > Hi David > > Have you looked at Bento? > It's very good for a lot of things and very well priced. (about $79 from > memory). > They've just released Bento 4 as well. You can download a trial version from > Filemakers website. I use it for some basic databases and it's great. > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: dan...@macwizardry.com.au > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For Everything Macintosh** > > On 17/03/2011, at 10:15 AM, David Noel <lis...@aoi.com.au> wrote: > >> >> Sigh. So there is still nothing out there which can replace the >> functionality of Appleworks database, and this will disappear with >> Lion? You'd think someone would try to fill this gap in the market, >> maybe Apple themselves with a module of iWorks.... >> >> Cheers -- >> >> David Noel >> 2011 Mar 17 >> >> ====== >> >> On 17 March 2011 08:28, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 16/03/2011, at 4:22 PM, Merv Bond wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Ronni and Rod >>>> Thank you for your responses to my questions. >>>> The relationship between CS and Snow Leopard appears to be somewhat >>>> unstable so, given the cost of CS, staying with OS 4 and CS2 for a little >>>> bit longer might be the wisest option. See what OS7 produces. >>>> Thank you for advice. >>>> Merv >>>> >>> >>> Just be aware that it will not run under Lion when it is released (as far >>> as we know at the moment). The current knowledge of Lion says that it will >>> not be supporting Rosetta, so we will have to say goodbye to those >>> remaining PowerPC applications some of us still rely on (OmniPage and >>> AppleWorks are others which spring to mind immediately). >>> >>> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >>> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >>> Perth, Western Australia >>> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> >> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
