mixing 6 & 8 ?

[Jodin]

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!)

[Ender]

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.

[Jodin]

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.

[Ender]

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.