Hi
Why not take a look at Rekall - http://www.totalrekall.co.uk. Rekall is a RAD tool for building database applications. It is similar to both FileMaker and MS Access but costs a faction of the price. Rekall supports PostreSQL natively as well as several other database engines. An ODBC interface driver is available if needed. Rekall runs on Windows, Linux and Mac X OS ( this a first beta release ). There is also available a Run Time version of Rekall, which allows you to distribute your application, without the need for your clients the buy a full developer edition. The Run Time version prevents people from making alterations to your application. A version of the Rekall Run Time system, which will include on-the-fly encryption/decryption of your application, will be available soon
At 00:57 13/05/2005, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
with Filemaker, a database is a table. Each file only has one table and all layouts/reports/forms and scripts are in the same file. This setup has pros and cons that are irrelevant now.
I'm not familiar with FileMaker, but my understanding is that it can communicate with other databases via ODBC. Would it not be possible to keep your investment (at least for a while) in the front end forms and convert to PostgreSQL as the data store?
I don't think FileMaker is quite as flexible as say Access in that way. However they may want to look in to Paradox?
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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Regards
John Dean,
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the only alternative
to MS Access
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