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- Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 11:55:43 EST
- From: <CHARLESW@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Message-ID: <92352.115543CHARLESW@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
- Subject: Re: Is FileMaker Pro multi-user?
- References: <92350.223557CHARLESW@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
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- > I'm not sure what you mean here. Importing data into FM Pro can be
- > done only with a data file on an accessible drive. This data can be in a
- > number of formats, but it still requires a file to read from. You can't
- > write XCMDs for FM Pro, but if you have version 2.0 you can use Apple
- > events to basically perform the importing if you wanted.
-
- My questions about importing data and XCMDs stem from my need to automate
- an updating process where the Mac would sign on to a mainframe overnight
- and download a "delta" file of data. In FoxBase I can do things that aren't
- built in to the database by writing XFCNs or XCMDs, and calling them from the
- code. It helps keep everything in a nice neat package (FoxBase has other
- things to balance that, of course).
-
- Thanks for your help.
-