evanscamman
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Hello,
My boss just switched our entire company to Mac. For now, he is allowing people to use Parallels to run non-mac software (such as CorelDraw), but he has set a timetable for eliminating Parallels as well. Of course, this will kill the Access database that runs a large portion of our company's data.
In the short term, I need to figure out a solution for the Outlook automation within the existing Access database. Although our systems are currently running both Mac OS and Windows through Parallels, our admin doesn't want to run both versions of Outlook. This means that my Outlook automation has to be disabled unless I can find a way to send calls across the Parallels barrier to the Mac version of Outlook. I'm guessing that this is either very tricky or impossible - any ideas about this?
Second, if I have to scrap Access altogether, is FileMaker Pro the real deal on Mac? Is it possible to 'convert' the db from Access to FM Pro, or will it take a complete rewrite? And, once done, will I have lost functionality, or are the different platforms close enough to call it even?
Thank you!
My boss just switched our entire company to Mac. For now, he is allowing people to use Parallels to run non-mac software (such as CorelDraw), but he has set a timetable for eliminating Parallels as well. Of course, this will kill the Access database that runs a large portion of our company's data.
In the short term, I need to figure out a solution for the Outlook automation within the existing Access database. Although our systems are currently running both Mac OS and Windows through Parallels, our admin doesn't want to run both versions of Outlook. This means that my Outlook automation has to be disabled unless I can find a way to send calls across the Parallels barrier to the Mac version of Outlook. I'm guessing that this is either very tricky or impossible - any ideas about this?
Second, if I have to scrap Access altogether, is FileMaker Pro the real deal on Mac? Is it possible to 'convert' the db from Access to FM Pro, or will it take a complete rewrite? And, once done, will I have lost functionality, or are the different platforms close enough to call it even?
Thank you!