We have people in the field who need to get job instructions, enter data that will eventually become part of the main FM solution. The field users do not usually have Internet access. Running FM Server Advanced 11 for hosting files and FM 11 Pro on internal workstations.

We thought of iPod Touches because of price and then add FMGo, put a simplified copy of db on each iPod. Then daily or weekly import new jobs information and export the completed job information.

But I read on Filemaker.com that FMGo cannot export.

Can FMGo on an iPod export records? If not, what would be a better plan to accomplish our task.

thanks,

Jim

How about laptops running plain old Filemaker Pro?

We have people in the field who need to get job instructions, enter data that will eventually become part of the main FM solution. The field users do not usually have Internet access. Running FM Server Advanced 11 for hosting files and FM 11 Pro on internal workstations.

We thought of iPod Touches because of price and then add FMGo, put a simplified copy of db on each iPod. Then daily or weekly import new jobs information and export the completed job information.

But I read on Filemaker.com that FMGo cannot export.

Can FMGo on an iPod export records? If not, what would be a better plan to accomplish our task.

thanks,

Jim

Hi Jim,

check out the demo files from Soliant Consulting where Dawn Heady did a Webinar. See the Sales Tool file is loaded onto the iDevice and it does a push with the Invoice file on the server. So it is just setting up a relationship. When the mobile users are in an area with WIFI they can update the Server records and can receive new records as well.

I found this most helpful. http://www.soliantconsulting.com/blog/2010/11/designing-fmgo-materials/

You can also write data (with appropriate delimiters) into a variable then drop that variable into a global field and export field contents. You get a txt file as output. Or write the variable into the body of an eMail - eg. use TAB delimiters you can copy from the eMail and paste correctly into Excel.

Stephen