Real Time Data Sharing?

[bradm98]

Is there any way to achieve (or closely simulate) real time data sharing between FMP and an outside data source? I'm using FMP 5.5 on Windows, and I may need to interact with a data source on a Linux box. Is Importing/Exporting the only way to go? Can I 'push' data into FMP from an outside ODBC source? Can I view ODBC data through FMP or do I need to import it? Unfortunately I don't have a lot of details at this time, so I'm mainly looking for general suggestions or options that may be available to me...

[Kurt Knippel]

You might be able to use DDE in conjunction with a terminal app to move data more dynamically, but that is tricky at best. The most straight forward solution is to use a regular import/export/update scheme to move the data around. Do this at whatever interval you feel is necessary, dedicate a workstation soley for this task and it should be pretty invisible.