import functions runtime solutions yes/no/how

[harryk]

I am about to buy the Filemaker Developer, but I would appreciate 2 short answers from a Developer.

1) From within a runtime solution, so not with the help of Filemaker but just using the solution, lay-out mode is out of the question. Am I correct?

I know already that you can edit a runtime-solution with Filemaker (or Developer) under certain conditions, but that's not the issue, I want to know what the user can and cannot with only that runtime solution.

(Question asked because mail-merge implementation, and the way it is done, will be very tight bound without lay-out mode. No lay-out mode means for me to set this up more simple and straightforward)

2) And now the question the SUBJECT is about, I need to be sure that import functions as they do exist in Filemaker are available in a runtime solution also, especially with the option 'Matching names'. This in order to able the users to update to newer versions.

Thank you in advance.

Harryk

[dharlow]

1. Yes there is no Layout Mode in a bound 5.5 solution.

2. Yes there is Importing with Matching Names in bound 5.5 solutions.

Daniel

[harryk]

Thanks for the answers. Today I signed the order bill for Developer 5.5 so whatever I encounter, I have to live with it!

Harryk

[SteveB]

Boy, I'd sure cancel that order...they're going to be shipping Dev 6.0 in September.

[harryk]

I didn't know, only today I noticed a version 6.0 Filemaker is available. Looks as if I'm a day too early. Did not find any announcement of Developer 6.0 on the Filemaker site. Did you?