Hi David, Like you I’ve been waiting for an alternative to AW’s Database. Tried Bento before, but this version might just do it for us, perhaps?
"Make the most of your AppleWorks database and spreadsheet info with Bento" <http://www.filemaker.com/products/bento/appleworks.html> Cheers, Ronni On 17/03/2011, at 10:45 AM, David Noel wrote: > > -- 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>
