On Monday, November 18, 2002, at 07:30 AM, Peter Faulks wrote: > We have a client with a database written in Data Flex on a Windows > computer, it looks a decent type of all purpose database but the > client wants to move to Mac computers and want the database to move > as well - does not want a new database. > > Does anyone know if you can convert Data Flex to Mac > > The Data Flex has a look and feel of Access and is a windows only > product (we think!) looks DOS driven! > > Any help would be received with warm smiles. >
You won't be able to do much more than export the data from the Data Flex solution into a form readable by a Mac-based DB program. This will depend on what export facilities are provided by Data Flex. Exporting directly to Excel (à la Access) is porbably best id possible, but if not, try DBF if available, or some kind of delimited test file as a last resort. Whatever approach you take the Data Flex solution is basically going to have to be rebuilt from scratch in whatever Mac-based DB solution you choose to go with, and this could turn into serious time and money depending on the complexity of the thing. In the long run you may well find that an investment in Virtual PC might be more cost-effective, and just run the Data Flex thing as is. -- Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, :::::::::::::::::::::::: Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
