Re: Need recommendation for a Windows and Mac Cross platform RDBMS using Netware 4.1/PINE screwed up!
Posted in 1996
Topics: Connectivity: ODBC / JDBC / .NET
You can also use 4th Dimension, which has recently been released for windows (it was a Mac application). Michael On 7 Mar 1996 20:13:03 GMT, sgutterman@dreamworks.com (Steve Gutterman) wrote: >In article <313E6A49.3B5F@Toplist.Com>, joecliff@Toplist.Com says... >> >>You're choices are fairly limited... >> >>MS Foxpro 2.6 works on both platforms and will allow you to copy your >>source from one platform to the other with minimal pain and suffering. >> >>Filemaker Pro is also an option though I've never been to keen on its >>macro/programming language -- it's pretty limited but I have seen some >>very neat things done in it for both platforms. >> >>Another advantage to Foxpro 2.6 is the ODBC connectivity available in >>both Professional editions of the software -- put your data on the >>server run SQL Server (or Oracle or or or) and have your Mac & Win >>applications share a "real" RDBMS. > >One major problem. Microsoft no longer sells FoxPro 2.6 for Windows (the >current version is FoxPro 3.0 or Visual FoxPro). Why I don't know since >this ruins their cross platform advantage. > -- MicroSolutions - Hong Kong -- Software Development -- Visual Basic - Delphi - Visual FoxPro -- Room 4003-4 Hong Kong Plaza -- 188 Connaught Road West -- Hong Kong -- Tel: 852 2548 1321 -- Fax: 852 2548 2957