Simplisic ? About server

[MelJ]

I've been spending many hours developing a solution for my business with 8.5. I own 4 licenses of 8.5 and have tested my solution over the network and everything works great.

The ? is does server handle things differently than pier 2 pier? I will have about 15 users running my solution. Economically, server is the best way to go but would I have to ReWrite for Server?

Thanx in advanced from the ignorant one.

Mel

[carmenm]

I have been using 8.5 to develop solutions on my laptop at home on the weekends, then I bring the files back to work and host them on FileMaker server.

In general, there is no rewriting involved. There are a few logistics items that have become second nature:

You have to make sure the files are "open" (being actively hosted) on the server. Just dropping them in the directory is not enough, you have to open them with the server administrator. Users must have the appropriate permissions to access the file on the server. The file must have the proper settings turned on to enable it to be hosted.

If you have several connected files in your solution, they may ask you to locate related files the first time you launch.

[Genx]

Just FYI it's peer 2 peer.

Though in the case of FileMaker clients connecting to a main FileMaker client it seems more peer to pier doesn't it? ;)

Edited March 23, 2007 by Guest

[Vaughan]

No re-writing needed, as long as the solution has been written with "multi-user"in mind from the outset, but this applies equally to peer-to-peer and FM Server.

Multi-user solutions must consider that more than one person will be using the database at any one time. Plan for locked records with error checking. Avoid processes that rely on setting fields to mark found sets, for instance, these will fail in multi-user when two or more people are setting flags at the same time. (Instead, set the record ids into global fields or script variables.)

[Steven H. Blackwell]

Vaughan's points are well taken. Additionally, the hardware specifications for the server computer are important, especially the hard drives. Also the specific configurtion settings for FIleMaker Server influence performance and behavior.

There is a lot of information about this on the FMI web site. let us know when you're ready for it.

Steven