[CAUT] Database

Thomas Seay t.seay@mail.utexas.edu
Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:47:59 -0500


If you install a program on your PDA called FileMaker Mobil, it is a 
very easy matter to set up your files to sync with your PDA. At least 
on a Macintosh.

Tom

>David,
>
>I  have no idea whether it will synch with a PDA. When I try to synch mine
>at home I get a delightful message telling me "Sorry, no can do, your source
>database name is too long." So I just copy the database over once a month or
>so and call it good. Computers are dumber than dirt even tho they can do
>some nifty things at times.
>
>Alan
>
>
>>  From: David Ilvedson <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>
>>  Reply-To: <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>, "College and University Technicians
>>  <caut@ptg.org>" <caut@ptg.org>
>>  Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:40:29 -0700
>>  To: <caut@ptg.org>
>>  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Database
>>
>>  Also it really needs to sync with a Pocket pc or Palm...just a basic address
>>  book, calendar & notes
>>
>>  David I.
>>
>>
>>
>>  ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
>>  From: Chris Solliday <solliday@ptd.net>
>>  To: <jbairdrpt@cs.com>, College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org>
>>  Received: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:28:05 -0400
>>  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Database
>>
>>
>>>  I don't want to get commercial on this list but I as a CAUT member I would
>>>  be remiss if I didn't mention that ExecuKey has a similar database which is
>>>  already to use and can interact with scheduling, invoicing, service history
>>>  and many other items used daily. You can check it out and download a free
>>>  version at www.execukey.com Personally I like Filemaker it is an excellent
>>>  program, but it does have a learning curve that is more "behind 
>>>the scenes,"
>>>  and then you have to connect it to anything else. Just an added suggestion,
>>>  no sales pitch intended. Chris Solliday
>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>  From: "John Baird" <jbairdrpt@insightbb.com>
>>>  To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
>>>  Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:38 AM
>>>  Subject: Re: [CAUT] Database
>>
>>
>>>>  Hi Alan,
>>>>
>>>>  In Kansas City this summer you said that you had pretty much settled on
>>>>  this Filemaker database, although for many years prior you had used the
>>>>  Access database. I believe Ken Hale's PianoDB is required for the Access
>>>>  database you were using.
>>>>
>>>>  At Millikin University we are using a simple MS Access application, that
>>>>  I wrote, which leaves a lot to be desired. If we were to move up to
>>>>  something better, would you suggest the Filemaker program over the
>>>>  Access? Filemaker seems to be your preference, and no doubt you have
>>>>  continued to refine it.
>>>>
>>>>  John Baird
>>>>
>>>>  Alan McCoy wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi folks,
>>>>>
>>>>>  FYI. Scott Thile has created a CAUT Resource page on the CAUT site
>>>>>  (http://www.ptg.org/caut.php/resource.htm). The first resource (of what I
>>>  hope
>>>>>  will be many, diverse resources) that is free for the taking is a
>>>  database
>>>>>  that I created for my use here at EWU in managing the inventory and my
>>>  time.
>>>>>  This is a Filemaker 7 database. Once downloaded, you'll need to unzip the
>>>>>  files and then you'll need Filemaker 7 to use it. The companion Readme is
>>>  a
>>>>>  separate file you can download and read that has some brief comments and
>>>>>  instructions about the database.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Alan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  -- Alan McCoy, RPT
>>>>>  Eastern Washington University
>>>>>  amccoy@mail.ewu.edu
>>>>>  509-359-4627
>>>>>
>>>>>
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