Access, MACs and Virtual PC

[Becks]

Has anyone had any experience with running an Access database app on a MAC
using Virtual PC (Backend shared on the MAC network somewhere)?

I take it that is isn't as simple as it pretends to be......?! Any advice,
things to note, warnings of pitfalls etc gratefully received !!!

Becks

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

Not on the Mac, no, but I do use Virtual PC to run different versions of
Access under different versions of Windows on one PC. It works well and
performance is OK. Setting it up initially is quite a chore, though. While I
do find performance OK when running Access under Virtual PC, I find the
initial installation of the OS very slow indeed.

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[Tony Toews]

Has anyone had any experience with running an Access database app on a MAC
using Virtual PC (Backend shared on the MAC network somewhere)?

I take it that is isn't as simple as it pretends to be......?! Any advice,
things to note, warnings of pitfalls etc gratefully received !!!

I've done work with Access in VPCs and can't think of any particular
reason why this would be a problem As far as the MAC part of it goes
I can't comment.

Tony
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[Becks]

Thanks for the replies, much appreciated.
Becks

I've done work with Access in VPCs and can't think of any particular
reason why this would be a problem As far as the MAC part of it goes
I can't comment.

Tony
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