we have been on 5/5.5/6 forever, and are introducing 8 to the scene. coupla questions:

- can we run FMS5.5 on the same LAN as FMS8 ?

- can we run FMD6 on the same Mac OSX tiger box as FMA8 ?

- can we run FMD6 & FMA8 from the same box at the same time ?

- can we run them with open served files from 6 & 8, respectively?

- how is any of this behavior different for WinXP or Win2k?

thanks. i searched and searched and could not find this info on filemaker.com (imagine that!)

Running each version of FileMaker at the same time on the same computer is no problem for connecting clients, but the host can only host one version at a time.

great. i know you can't serve up different versions of files from the same server, no problem there.

so to clarify, i can have a 6 server and an 8 server on the LAN, each serving it's own proper files, and have a 6 and an 8 client on a single OSX box and have them both running and opening served files without any issues? my plan is to develop in 8 while using the company db's in 6.

so to clarify, i can have a 6 server and an 8 server on the LAN, each serving it's own proper files, and have a 6 and an 8 client on a single OSX box and have them both running and opening served files without any issues? my plan is to develop in 8 while using the company db's in 6.

No problem.