Running MS Access 2003 on a Mac

Originally Posted by plightstone

I am designing an MS Access database for a small operation that uses Macs exclusively. Eventually I will be publishing to the internet so it won't matter but I want an interim solution so they can run it on their Macs.

I know that it's possible to take an mdb file and compile it into an executable (.exe). Will that run on a Mac?

Originally Posted by mmccarthy

It's not exactly an exe it's know as an mde file and it requires access to run. You can get a runtime library to run files on PC's without Access but I'm not aware of a solution for Mac's. That doesn't mean there isn't one. Maybe someone else will know.

Originally Posted by plightstone

Hi

No, I'm familiar with the mde file and that wasn't what I was referring to. When developing for people who don't have Access on their computer you can use a third party tool that changes the mdb into an executable that can then be given instead of the source code. The benefits are 2-fold: they don't need microsoft office and they don't have the source code.