On 2/9/2016 6:44 AM, Colin Charman wrote: > This should probably be in the Tools Utilities thread, but as Ive only just > joined this group after using Legacy for 20+ years, I cant figure out how to > post into a thread! (any clues welcome)
Send a new Email to legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com with the subject of your choice. > I'm doing a one-name study and thus I have several hundred people in my file > called "William Charman" - Legacy isnt too much help in locating the right > one so Ive written numerous MS Access queries that just help me find the > right one amongst many similarly named individuals - that kind of thing. > > Ive also occasionally (and very very carefully) used MS Access to update the > fbd file - I grew up in IT so I know about backups, testing, etc. > > For some years Ive wondered about using an alternative to Microsoft Access. > I'm still using Access 2000 and to purchase a modern equivalent is really > quite expensive - about $400-$500 here in UK. Ive tried Open Office but > can't see a way to link to the Legacy .fdb file. I know I can set up an .mdb > file containing links to the .fdb file, and Open Office can open that as a > kind of surrogate. Has anyone found a way of opening or making a link to an > .fdb file in Open Office? > > Even if this were possible, there is another problem in interpreting Legacy > dates. In MS Access I have a home written VBA function which turns the > 18-byte legacy date into a readable format. As far as I know, Open Office > supports some kind of VBA in its equivalent of Word, Excel and Powerpoint - > but I cant find it in Base (its equivalent of Access). Does anyone here > know whether Open Office or its relatives can run VBA? > > And lastly, are there any (free!) alternatives to MS-Access or OpenOffice > that might do the trick? Try MDBViewer plus (Freeware) from http://www.alexnolan.net/. It may fit your needs. -- Gene Young Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada With Legacy Family Tree http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://support.legacyfamilytree.com Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
