Mac and Windows Compatability

[pkudrle]

I hope this is the right area to post this problem I am having. I want to know if there are any known compatability problems with Windows and Mac versions of Filemaker 5.5. I am not finding it on their sight and I have not seen anyone talking about this directly. My mac keeps crashing when two people, (Mac and Win users) are logged into the same file. I am wondering if I will need to do a 2nd full OS re-install on the Mac to fix the problem. I tried this once and it did not seem to solve the issue.

But I thought I would post something to see if anyone has come accross the same problem.

Thanks,

Paul

[DykstrL]

The answer is more than likely in how the users are accessing the shared file. The only reliable way is through the "Host" open dialog. If users are opening the same file on a network volume or (worse yet) a share on a local machine, crashes and even corruption can occur - particularly in a mixed OS environment.