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Ok, that's interesting. Thank you. Noted about question headers.

Thank you for this. Kind of makes sense from Filemakers point of view, not that I was trying to get around licensing - it was more of a technical architecture I wanted to design to. Limits some of the work I had planned. Just been looking at the docs and the runtime is quite restricted - can't even save as PDF. Also no external SQL either. I think I've overestimated (and misunderstood on my part) what a runtime is capable of. Never mind,will have to think again on some ideas. Kind Regards, David

Hello, As you can see, my first post here. I'd very much appreciate a bit of input to a couple of questions I have regading FM Pro platform as I take the plunge to purchase FM13 Pro Advanced. I'm not a total newbie to Filemaker having used it some years ago, but I've a lot of catching up to do. 1) In developing a runtime solution can I serve that solution from FM Pro server? Having read docs I'm still not clear in my mind if the database files that are packaged in a runtime can only be local to the solution. What I'd like to do is effectivly create a shell solution which can open the database from a remote server. Then any changes I make to the database will propogate to all users. 2) I'm looking at a couple of hosting providers - quite drawn to http://www.filemakerhostingpros.com as they have a UK based server. Anyone have postivie/negative experience with this company. Noticed they advertise unlimited connections and webdirect which will be critical to some of the solutions I have planned. Thank you in advance for your time. I'm looking forward to getting back in to Filemaker development, I did download the trail but then had heavy work commitments so only managed to get a few days hands on - doh! Also can't wait for the day we can make runtime solutions for iOS with Filemaker Go Advanced Kind Regards, David.