Run-time with external files!

[El_Pablo]

Quick one!

Allow the creation of runtime solution running on external files!

This would just be awesome!

[mr_vodka]

If you mean external sources then I dont ever see them doing that.

Then all one would have to do is purchase ONE copy of FileMaker and then create a runtime front end to a MySQL, Oracle, or MS SQL db.

[El_Pablo]

So this is only a money question and not a feature one.

If I develop a .Net layer in MSVS over a FM database, MS won't ask me to buy a VS license each time.

No wonder why there are less and less FM developpers. Only developpers with experience from the 80s and 90s remain...

[mr_vodka]

Yes but then YOU would have to develop a personal .NET front end / logic layer. However, you have programming experience.

Imagine companies getting one copy of Pro, creating a front end runtime to MySQL. So for $300 bux they can get a solution up and running without hiring a .Net programmer.

Doesnt sound like a good business plan.

[El_Pablo]

I'm not a marketing guy, but, IMHO, if they do that, they could sell a way more licenses, because more developper would go with FM. They will then win on volume sales.

I guess most developper would agree that the real power of FM is its rapid application development ability.

I have not yet found an other product that could develop solution as fast as FM.