[Lolo from Paris]

I would like to built a cocoa app linked to a database under OS X.

I've seen the Filemaker Dev solution and it seems to be great because runtimes are royalty free...

But can i link a filemaker DB using cocoa and Project Builder ? Is Filemaker carbon or OS X compatible ?

Is it a good solution ?

thanx

[Angus_D]

I'd guess that no, you can't link to FileMaker databases from Cocoa, since I don't think you can link to them from Carbon, either. You can develop an interface and everything inside FileMaker, so there should be no reason to have a separate application to connect to it.

FileMaker is Carbon and therefore IS OS X Compatible. You make it sound like Carbon isn't an OS X native API - it is.

You might like to look into WebObjects and EnterpriseObjects, I'm pretty sure they have ways of building GUIs to databases (and quite a few choices for the database backend), but it might be an overkill for what you want.

[larkost]

Having used WebObjects and FileMaker Pro, I think I might be able to help here. If what you are looking for is a way of creating small database oriented applications, then FileMaker Pro is the way to go. You will have to wait untill Developer comes out for MacOS X (sometime this fall) untill you can create the runtimes so that you can hand your application out without requiring a copy of FileMaker (or stick to Windows and MacOS 7.6-9.x).

If you are looking for a client interface to a database (BD on one machine, interface application on many) then WebObject's Direct to Java Client would be a good thing to look at. Once again you get the runtimes for free, the only thing you have to pay for is WebObjects, and they nicly give both a Development and a Deploment license in the box (one of each.. you install them on different boxes).

If you have further questions, email me a larkost@softhome.net

[Angus_D]

You could of course use some other database program, I know MySQL is free and has a C API that you should be able to call from Cocoa. Of course you have to GPL any apps based on it, but you can purchase a deployment license from them if you don't want to do that.

Also, things like OpenBase (I'm pretty sure it does from what I read on their site) and FrontBase (probably), which are native Cocoa database programs, will have native Obj-C or C interfaces.

[Lolo from Paris]

The purpose is to build a real cocoa app with drawers and os x interface widgets so i don't want to build an interface in Filemaker.

It is not a server/client based app but a client only app so that's why it should be royalty free.

MySQL seems to be a good solution but is it easy to include it in my cocoa project ? I mean can i do an easy installer to install my app + mysql ?

I would like a solution easy to set up for the final client, it is an app for manage CD,DVD etc.

[Angus_D]

Originally posted by Lolo from Paris:
<STRONG>I would like a solution easy to set up for the final client, it is an app for manage CD,DVD etc.</STRONG>

As plenty of people have said before, a fully fledged database will be an overkill for your needs. I suggest you read up on NSArray, and so on.

[honeydew]

man dbopen

[Lolo from Paris]

Thanks ! I will look in NSarray or dbopen and see what can i do !