Hello,

I am thinking of upgrading to FM Pro 7. I now have FM Unlimited 6. I have read some of the literature from FileMaker but it does not clearly answer these questions (nor have I found the answers in this forum, but I don't follow it every day and searching doesn't always come up a useful post):

FM Unlimited 6 allows unlimited number of people to access a database over the web. Pro 6 has a severe limitation, don't recall exactly, but something like 10 users in a 24 hour period.

How many people can access FM Pro 7 over the web using Instant Web Publishing? How about Custom Web Publishing? Any difference?

I suspect that one cannot create a database using FM Pro 7 and then try to use it with FM Unlimited 6, right?

It appears to me that FM Server 7--not yet out--is the upgrade for FM Unlimited 6. Is this correct? What are its capabilities for allowing many users at the same time?

Much thanks to whomever can answer these questions, even briefly.

Tom Tomasko

Hi Tom,

- FM Pro 7 is limited to 5 users at once. The 24-hour timer has been dropped.

- FM Pro 7 does NOT permit custom web publishing, it is now IWP-only.

As you guess, its not compatible with FM6.

FM Server *Advanced* is the replacement for Unlimited, due to be released this summer.

- It allows custom web publishing, up to 100 users at once.

Check these links out for more information:

http://www.filemaker.com/products/fm_whatsnew.html

http://www.filemaker.com/products/fm_comparison.html