FM 8 Runtime Lims

[Genx]

Could someone briefly outline the limitations of an FM 8 runtime (besides lack of comm with server) please? I've had a look all over the place but google has failed me..

Cheers guys.

[CoZiMan]

1. No web publishing.

2. No file sharing (no peer to peer)

3. Limited editing (don't remember exact items) in the runtime IF you don't have a full version of FMP to launch into locally. (think updating or changes to structure)

Essentially it's FMP standalone.

HTH.

[Genx]

Hmmmm, rightio that seems good,

Cheers, Genx

[JerrySalem]

Don't forget, no save to PDF!

[Genx]

ah well, wat u gonna do, general export is still supported though right?

[JerrySalem]

A run time file can export to excel (and the 'send to...' menu item is also still active, but only send to excel)

It must be a licensing issue with adobe, or FMP just wants you to sell FMP not just run times! :

[Genx]

nah, they're just cheap, they didnt want to fork out an extra bit of cash :

[SteveB]

It's actually quite outrageous. The only way to re-enable creating PDFs with with an expensive ($500) plugin on Windows.

Steve

[Genx]

... yeah, what was ever wrong with cute pdf, or something similar, surely theres some sort of decent pdf generating freeware out there :

Genx

[Inky Phil]

Don't know if this is of any use

http://www.rarefind.com/paperlessprinter/downloads.html

Phil

[Himitsu]

I am also looking at creating stand alone apps... what is your idea of this? is says it can't work on networks. So it only runs itself? no connection to a local network PC?

But if you creat a stand alone, can it use the network if the customer buys FMP?

[mr_vodka]

The runtime is just that. Its a stand alone solutions. The runtime solution does not require FMP. If the end user has a copy of FMP, then they can use the original solution prior to converting to a runtime. The runtime solution can not communicate with the FMP solution. Again it is stand alone.

[Genx]

The best alternative I've found for PDF generation is CutePDF and ghostscript -- google it.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Please see comments I made in http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/182276/all/1/