Hi Robert:
To share text data across Mac & PC platforms, you have basically 4
options:
1- Just use Microsoft Word on all your Macs & PCs, and keep the
files on your network server in a shared directory that everyone
has Read access to. If only one user (or group) has Write access
to the files in that directory, you're all set. A network
administrator should be able to set it up. That's pretty simple,
and could work for a lot of exhibit label text, but it is not a
"database."
2- Use a Collection Management Database product that runs under
Windows, and furnish your Mac users with "Virtual PC." Put the
data files and database software on the server where all can get
at it. I'm using MS Access, but you could build something with
Filemaker Fro or other windows database products. I am about to
try this myself, so I cannot vouch or testify as to how it works,
I don't know yet. But at $139 for the Virtual PC, it looks like a
very economical workaround.
3- Get a real multi-platform collection management database
product. Multi-Mimsy and EmbARK come to mind. These will involve
considerably more up-front expense and long-term commitment, but
will provide a lot of features for a large group beyond just
sharing text files.
4- Build your own Multi-platform database using Delphi or 4th
Dimension. Ooof!
I hope this helps.
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>Hello all,
>
>I would like to get some recommendations for Macintosh-PC cross
>platform database programs that can keep track of museum-wide
exhibit
>label text. We want to be able to look up text by a) exhibit
area; b)
>theme; c) individual exhibit; d) sequence; or f) various edit
versions
>that can show us changes that have been made, and when.
>
>We also need a way to post a master copy of present text that is
>available to all on the Windows NT network, but can only be
changed be
>one person.
>
>Thanks for any help you can give,
>
>RO
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