Hello.

What is the difference between FMS 5 and FMS 5.5. Is there FMS 6. Also is FMS 5 good for serving files created in FMP6?

Thank you.

Vasilek:

There is no FMS 5.5, nor is there a FMS 6; there is only FMS 5 (although FMI has since done away with the number, and call it simply "FileMaker Server," to avoid confusion. Obviously, they've failed on that count.) You can use FMS 5 to host databases created in 5, 5.5 and 6, because the file format is unchanged. Likewise, you can edit a FMP 6 file in FMP 5 or 5.5 (and vice-versa.)

-Stanley

<i>Likewise, you can edit a FMP 6 file in FMP 5 or 5.5 (and vice-versa.)</i>

To comment on that. I had problem with displaying Custom Messages in FMP5.5 when created in FMP6.

Custom Dialogs don't exist in 5.0 or 5.5 client versions. They were introduced in 6.

Naturally, you're both right. I should have qualified "you can edit a FMP 6 file in FMP 5 or 5.5 (and vice-versa.)" with "for the most part." I didn't mean to imply that they were 100% interchangable, but that the file format was the same, which is why FMS stopped at 5.

-Stanley

...so it safe to run files created in FM6 from FMS5, right? Just reassuring once more. The box reads FileMaker Server 5 - it is from the old inventory supply. Thanks.