wfryer

I am running into a similar crashing / freezing /disappearing problem that I can't explain. Maybe downloading a new patch / web companion will help, but that is going to disable the mailformat fields which I really use and need! I am running Filemaker Server 5.5 on a Mac G3 running OS 8.6, and that is very stable. I was running FMP 5 Unlimited since Aug 01 on Win NT 4 SP6 with no problems, but now that I upgraded to FMP 5.5 Unlimited I got a bunch of unexplained lockups that the logs couldn't explain. Any ideas / suggestions besides upgrading with the new web companion patch?

I was running FMP 5.0 Unlimited since Aug 01 without any problems, publishing about 7 databases on the web with custom pages I made. I recently upgraded to 5.5 Unlimited and Filemaker kept on locking up on the NT server that was hosting it. I then moved it to a Mac G3 running OS 9 and it will run OK for a couple of days, then lock up again. I can't seem to figure out what is going on by looking at the logs. Any ideas or suggestions?

Depending on the way you configure the security settings and the options you give web users, yes-- you can allow them to create, modify, and delete database records. Yes they can also perform searches, and yes-- all can be done thru the browser without them having a local copy of FMP installed on their client. The quality of your layout representation on a webpage depends on how well you can design webpages-- that is really the limiting factor. You can configure FMP to create PDF files with scripts and send these to users, if print format is really critical you might consider this. Otherwise yes, you are subject to the browser font and size setting specified by each client's browser. Sounds like FMP can do everything you are looking for.

The limit is 50 per copy of FMP Unlimited. I just saw a FMP database with over 100,000 records running at an Education Service Unit in Omaha. I don't know about creating a subset tho. [ March 23, 2002, 01:41 PM: Message edited by: Wesley ]

[ March 23, 2002, 01:40 PM: Message edited by: Wesley ]