Alternatives for microsoft access plus#

Plus even the owner is worried about breach of privacy that he has even disabled iCloud on the mobile to ensure his personal photos don't get leaked. Looking from a business angle, we are trying to eliminate every possible recurring cost. I hope you understand the challenge I have. With desktop app, I just have to make it and not concern about running it. There are 2 parts of making the app & running it. Laptops were just for solitaire & minesweeper.Īlso personally, running a website - I am concerned about data safety as my background is poor. It was a complete paper based operation with no digital things.

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Also 2 laptops are on Linux just to ease everyone into moving off windows - then I will have no pirated software running in my company. I use libreoffice to replace word & excel. We all just have 1 free Gmail email for the company. I replaced it with refurbished Thinkpad and refurbished laser printer all connected via LAN and no office internet connection. When I joined here, all laptops were cheap generic stuff and the printer was a HP deskjet meant for light home use. Right now the access app is what I made on my own on a pirate copy of Ms office - I know it sounds bad but that is the fact. I feel that you don't see some of the reality. But the issue is in tiny business (it's not even small biz), the budget is zero. I recognize this answer is probably snooty : ) So, I am looking for something very small scale. Mine is small trading company with 5 staff. My current billing & inventory is a MS Access application I made over 10 yrs back. So, I am looking for a MS access like database, data entry forms & reporting tools that works well on Linux and if possible share the file via dropbox and make it work on a mobile device.Ī video tutorial of someone building something like that would be great. So, I am look to get a Linux system and also use mobile devices. Also my Windows 7 is getting too old and the current windows pisses me off.

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Now I am looking to upgrade given the slow-down. I am also aware that I have to change and improve the system and actually make it better. I know I breaking lots of software development rules. So, I am sure there are many flaws in my method. Maybe due to my poor technical skills, I felt it was an overkill for something simple.Īll I know are things I picked up reading online & watching youtube videos and asking people around. I did once develop an app using C# & mysql database. Going for database like mysql needs a server and its gets too technical. Plus I can put it in a dropbox folder and share it with about 5 people. Like data entry form can be quickly changed to accommodate changes and reports can be make based on requirements. LibreOffice Base still have a long way to go.īasically, I like MS Access as I can slowly build the system. MySQL & all cloud offering are rather complex. I have long used MS Access for storing data.