can Access forms/views be accessible in a web browser?

[John Morrow]

just curious...we're a Mac shop (but I have a PC). we need to build a
cross-platform database app. hate/loathe FileMaker Pro (with a vengeance).

LOVE MS Access! but can we provide browser-based forms/data views/reports?

many thx in advance

johnnyM

 

[Norman Yuan]

With MS Access, no. You can use the Access file (*.mdb)'s data part (tables)
as a web application's data source and use browser to access data i that web
application. Access's form, report cannot be used in browser/web
application.

 

[Albert D.Kallal]

Well, you can run remote desktop through a browser plug-in, but I don't
think that plug-in works for mac.


However, there is a remote desktop client for the mac. The remote desktop is
availing from Citrix.

So, you could connect to a windows server running terminal services..and
thus the macs could use the access applation.

Another possible is to run windows emulation on the macs...but , that just
not very clean....

If you going to try a browser based application, then ms-access is just the
wrong tool.

However, I would certainly consider the remote desktop client for the
mac.....