Re: Help on database

[Sara Kimball <skimball@uts.cc.utexas.edu>]

Michael, We use Filmaker Pro & I've come to like it.  I've made a 
registration database much like the one you want & it's pretty easy once 
you get the hang of it.  It did take me a really brutal month & a half to 
get the hang of it, but that was because I was desiging the database 
during the first semester we were open & I'd never used a database before.  
One advantage to Filmaker is 
that you can design a fairly user-fiendly system using buttons as long as 
you write clear documentation.  Steer clear of the manual that comes with 
Flemaker, however.  It's confusing.  A book I've found helpful; is the 
Filmaker Pro  Bible (I think that's the title; I can get more accurate 
bibliographic information).  If you want, I'll send you a copy of our 
staff handbook, which has has a fairly through description of our system 
& how it works from the users point of view.
Sara Kimball, UT Austin