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

[Jason Riker]

Matti,

If it's MS Access, I'm betting it's just Access with VB Script behind it.
Should be able to hold down one of the keys (F5, CTRL, or Shift) to stop
whatever Dashboard opens with it to see what's behind the scenes.

Jason


-----Original Message-----
From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf
Of matti
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 2:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Running MS Access Programs on a Linux Distro?

Hi Dave,

Do you have the source code to the program?What language?

If so, it maybe fairly easy to recode it into a program using MySQL or other
DB on linux.

Let us know.

Thank You
Matti Siltanen



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From: "Dave <3 Ubuntu" <dave at iheartubuntu.com>
To: SGVLUG Discussion List. <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
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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