On 1/20/2000 12:29 AM, Ed Garay [mailto:garay2@uic.edu] wrote:
>Not long ago, I spoke to a FileMaker Pro (FMP) engineer
>who told me they had a Newton version of FileMaker pro
>just when !@# Jobs killed our beloved pal.
>
>The FMP fellow had just finished a presentation on FMP 5,
>and I asked him if he knew if Balcones or FilePad could
>handle FileMaker Pro (Version 3 or 4) databases.
I've heard that Balcone's Leverage can work with FileMaker and actually
saw it do it at a Macworld Expo several years back; see them for more
details.
>He told me what they had, and that their FMP for Newton
>never hit the market, but that he would gladly send me
>a CD (Windows or Mac). He never did. :( So much for me
>endorsing FMP on campus... :(
I've heard this before....sounds like someone at Claris likes to bait
Newton users...they WERE working one something, but it was never releasd.
>Anyway, has anyone on the list seen FileMaker Pro for the
>Newton? Is it available somewhere?
Nope. Doesn't exist (well, it was never released).
>
>If not, does anybody know of any Newton database app that
>can read/write/interoperate with FileMaker Pro on Windows
>or Mac? I use version 5, but could easily downgrade to
>version 4 or less if that would get my FMP databases
>in my infocentric pocket.
Leverage will work with some version of FMPro; dunno about 4 (I just
upgraded from 2 to 3 for Y2K issues, and their price for upgrades is
ridiculous so I probably won't be upgrading again until I have to.)
- Bill
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