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- From: WHITESR@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (*Steve White )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
- Subject: FMP 2.0,Panorama 2.0,or Works 3.0 ->Word 5.1a Merge?
- Message-ID: <1es801INNg6@lester.appstate.edu>
- Date: 24 Nov 92 03:36:33 GMT
- Organization: APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
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- I have a database in Works 2.0 and I need to decide
- whether to upgrade to Works 3.0 or perhaps move to
- Panorama 2.0 or FMP 2.0. The event precipitating
- this decision is my recent upgrade to sys 7.0x in
- 32-bit mode to use my 17 meg on an Si. Works 2.0
- is not 32-bit clean.
-
- I have played with Panorama 2.0 some, and I like its speed
- and its apparent ability to export data in a variety
- of text formats that can be readily used by Word 5.1a's
- Print Merge utility. On the other hand, I am a registered
- FM II user with an opportunity to upgrade to FMP 2.0
- for $89. I also am unimpressed with Panorama's apparent
- inability to read the first row of an import file as the
- field names. Will FMP 2.0 do this?
-
- The ability to exchange data and field names with Word 5.1a
- is my most immediate concern, but of course I will use the
- database for many other purposes, eg to store the results
- of library research.
-
- In summary, here are my Qs:
- 1. Is there a way to get Panorama 2.0 to read the first
- row of an imported file as field names for a new database?
-
- 2. Will FMP 2.0 read the first row of an imported file
- as field names for a new database?
-
- 3. Can you easily export FMP 2.0 data with the first row
- as field names? A choice of tab, comma, . . . delimted data?
-
- 4. Is Panorama 2.0 or FMP 2.0 powerful and user friendly enough
- to do form letters within them?
-
- 5. How is FMP's speed, eg with selects and sorts, compared with
- FMP's?
-
- 6. Any troublesome bugs in either?
-
- 7. Should I be considering yet a 3d application?
-
- Any thoughts on any of these Qs are appreciated!
-
- Steve
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- << The above are nothing more than my personal opinions >>
- stephen r. white -- whitesr@appstate.bitnet -- whitesr@conrad.appstate.edu
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