server runtime

[giles]

Hi,

I've developed a runtime that's attracting a surprising number of requests for a server version. I have no experiance of servers (don't even know if this is possible with a runtime). Can anybody poin me in the right direction for FAQ's etc on server versions of runtimes?

Thanks

Giles

[Ender]

FileMaker Server can host runtimes, but for clients to connect, they must have the Client verison of FileMaker Pro installed.

[Vaughan]

A lot depends on whether you were thinking "single-user" during development, or planning ahead for multi-user. It's the single-user vs multi-user that's more the issue, more than server vs runtime.

For instance, a process that remembers a found set of records by clearing and marking flag fields works well in single-user, but is really prone to failure in multi-user mode, because each user will be clearing and marking the same field at the same time.

Processes have to consider that records can be locked when other users are editing them, and programatically deal with the unmodifyable records gracefully.