Choosing a Database Program
In the following sections, we examine four of the leading Macintosh database programs (or families of programs): FileMaker Pro, 4th Dimension, Panorama, and Helix RADE.
FileMaker Pro 5.5
Like most other database programs, FileMaker Pro (www.filemaker.com) started out as a flat-file database program. In recent releases, the company has enhanced FileMaker to support relational databases fully, provide connectivity tools for linking to non-FileMaker databases, enable users to publish and interact with databases on the Web or on an intranet, and simplify sharing databases across a workgroup.
FileMaker has long been the preferred database program of Macintosh owners, and its market share attests to this. While FileMaker ...
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