[SGVLUG] Running MS Access Programs on a Linux Distro?

[John Wang]

The easist way is probably to just bite the bullet and write a new app using a web framwork, like the python frameworks Braddock talked about yesterday, or rubyrails.    Depending on the program complexity, you can probably get a simple app up an running in a few days.   It'll be more stable, extendable, and scalable.  


John




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From: "Dave <3 Ubuntu" <dave at iheartubuntu.com>
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Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 12:28 PM
Subject: [SGVLUG] Running MS Access Programs on a Linux Distro?

Hi all. I have an old program developed in MS Access and would like to run it in Ubuntu. My older brother originally wrote the app in Access back in the late 90s early 2000s and to run it, it needs MS Access. Is there an easy way to get this working? Id like to run it natively, not use MS Access in WINE. Ive come across a KDE program called Kexi and also LibreOffice has a similar program called Base. I dont beleive either of these can import queries or forms so not sure what good they would be for me.

I am not well versed on MS Access or any database languages for that matter. So Im not sure what to search on, which direction to head, etc. Just from some basic searches I may be able to convert the MS Access MDB file to an SQLite file and then run the app in a web browser. Does this make sense to anyone? Sounds easy, but not sure how to do it or if its even possible.

Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Dave