On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 18:14 +1000, Paul Gear wrote: > David Bowskill wrote: > > Hello All > > > > I wish to run MS Access 2003 from within Ubuntu. > > I own registered copies of the full MS Office 2003 suite and also XP Pro. > > What is the best and easiest way to achieve this ? > > Advice and experience greatly appreciated. > > Another option that you might find useful is Wine, or Crossover Office - > they allow Windows applications to run directly on Linux. I've tried > Crossover and it worked pretty well on certified applications (Office > 2003 is one of them). It is not free software, though, so i'd try Wine > first. >
fwiw - i tried ms access 2003 with cxoffice couple of years back, it worked, but not really worked. FYI from cx office compatibility db: http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=150 > Paul -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
