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Anybody use Filemaker? What is it? How does it work?
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Anybody use Filemaker? What is it? How does it work? -
11-01-2011
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I am just being curious as it seems it is the only "database" development program for the Mac (not that I want to come out with a Mac version of our software as our Access 2003 application is presently running fine with Parallels). I just spent a bunch of time at Filemaker's website and I am still confused on how it works and what exactly it does. Does it have a programming language like Access has VBA? What kind of applications can be built and distributed? I do like how it can build things that will also run devices like an iPhone and iPad. Again, I am just being curious. -paulw |
curious!
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:35:30 -0600, PW emailaddyinsig (AT) ifIremember (DOT) com> wrote: I am just being curious as it seems it is the only "database" development program for the Mac (not that I want to come out with a Mac version of our software as our Access 2003 application is presently running fine with Parallels). I just spent a bunch of time at Filemaker's website and I am still confused on how it works and what exactly it does. Does it have a programming language like Access has VBA? What kind of applications can be built and distributed? I do like how it can build things that will also run devices like an iPhone and iPad. Again, I am just being curious. -paulw Oh, and it also builds web applications unlike Access. Just being curious! Why not ask at a forum which focuses on filemaker? |
bob
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On 11/1/2011 9:40 PM, PW wrote: On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:35:30 -0600, PW emailaddyinsig (AT) ifIremember (DOT) com> wrote: I am just being curious as it seems it is the only "database" development program for the Mac (not that I want to come out with a Mac version of our software as our Access 2003 application is presently running fine with Parallels). I just spent a bunch of time at Filemaker's website and I am still confused on how it works and what exactly it does. Does it have a programming language like Access has VBA? What kind of applications can be built and distributed? I do like how it can build things that will also run devices like an iPhone and iPad. Again, I am just being curious. -paulw Oh, and it also builds web applications unlike Access. Just being curious! Why not ask at a forum which focuses on filemaker? bob |
point of view. It surely can not be as powerful as Access?
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:53:07 -0500, BobAlston<bobalston9 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote: On 11/1/2011 9:40 PM, PW wrote: On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:35:30 -0600, PW emailaddyinsig (AT) ifIremember (DOT) com> wrote: I am just being curious as it seems it is the only "database" development program for the Mac (not that I want to come out with a Mac version of our software as our Access 2003 application is presently running fine with Parallels). I just spent a bunch of time at Filemaker's website and I am still confused on how it works and what exactly it does. Does it have a programming language like Access has VBA? What kind of applications can be built and distributed? I do like how it can build things that will also run devices like an iPhone and iPad. Again, I am just being curious. -paulw Oh, and it also builds web applications unlike Access. Just being curious! Why not ask at a forum which focuses on filemaker? bob I am looking for a comparison to MS Access from an Access developer's point of view. It surely can not be as powerful as Access? You might find it hard for anyone who knows Access who has also used |
I personally looked at it very briefly when intriegued by its web
creation capabilities but was not impressed with its capabilities and
cut short my investigation into it.
HTH
Bob
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On 11/1/2011 10:34 PM, PW wrote: On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:53:07 -0500, BobAlston<bobalston9 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote: On 11/1/2011 9:40 PM, PW wrote: On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:35:30 -0600, PW emailaddyinsig (AT) ifIremember (DOT) com> wrote: I am just being curious as it seems it is the only "database" development program for the Mac (not that I want to come out with a Mac version of our software as our Access 2003 application is presently running fine with Parallels). I just spent a bunch of time at Filemaker's website and I am still confused on how it works and what exactly it does. Does it have a programming language like Access has VBA? What kind of applications can be built and distributed? I do like how it can build things that will also run devices like an iPhone and iPad. Again, I am just being curious. -paulw Oh, and it also builds web applications unlike Access. Just being curious! Why not ask at a forum which focuses on filemaker? bob I am looking for a comparison to MS Access from an Access developer's point of view. It surely can not be as powerful as Access? You might find it hard for anyone who knows Access who has also used filemaker. I personally looked at it very briefly when intriegued by its web creation capabilities but was not impressed with its capabilities and cut short my investigation into it. HTH Bob |
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On 11/1/2011 10:34 PM, PW wrote: On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:53:07 -0500, BobAlston<bobalston9 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com wrote: On 11/1/2011 9:40 PM, PW wrote: On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:35:30 -0600, PW emailaddyinsig (AT) ifIremember (DOT) com> wrote: I am just being curious as it seems it is the only "database" development program for the Mac (not that I want to come out with a Mac version of our software as our Access 2003 application is presently running fine with Parallels). I just spent a bunch of time at Filemaker's website and I am still confused on how it works and what exactly it does. Does it have a programming language like Access has VBA? What kind of applications can be built and distributed? I do like how it can build things that will also run devices like an iPhone and iPad. Again, I am just being curious. -paulw Oh, and it also builds web applications unlike Access. Just being curious! Why not ask at a forum which focuses on filemaker? bob I am looking for a comparison to MS Access from an Access developer's point of view. It surely can not be as powerful as Access? You might find it hard for anyone who knows Access who has also used filemaker. I personally looked at it very briefly when intriegued by its web creation capabilities but was not impressed with its capabilities and cut short my investigation into it. HTH Bob |
application with it (took him almost a year to get over the learning
curve and get it done) but now he has an application that will run on
the Web, Windows, and Mac with very little changes - if any. It's
Javascript based.
-pw
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Does it have a programming language like Access has VBA? |
Tony
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Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files
updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/
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Oh, and it also builds web applications unlike Access. |
Also a soon to be released version of the Auto FE Updater will allow
you to update your Access FE via a web server.
Tony
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Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files
updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/
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Ever hear of Servoy? I have a buddy who rewrote his Access 2003 application with it (took him almost a year to get over the learning curve and get it done) but now he has an application that will run on the Web, Windows, and Mac with very little changes - if any. It's Javascript based. |
But I hate that animated slider on the web pages. ARRRGGGGHHHHH
Tony
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Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Tony's Main MS Access pages - http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
For a convenient utility to keep your users FEs and other files
updated see http://www.autofeupdater.com/
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