Cross Platform

[mhudd]

I have a small DB for students in a class I'm teaching. I'm using FM Developer so I can create runtimes for the Mac & Windows.

Any big land mines I should look out for?

Fonts...

Scripts...

[Chuck]

There are a few landmines. There's a whole bunch of them documented on FileMaker's web site. Go to http://www.filemaker.com/support/techinfo.html and search for "cross platform".

Chuck

[danjacoby]

First of all, you need to have FMP Developer installed on both platforms; you can't create a runtime for Macs on a Windows machine, & vice versa. Additionally, you'll need to bundle some supporting files with the runtime version, and the files are different for different platforms -- check the manual for details.

Fonts -- use standard fonts, and doublecheck on the Windows platform to make sure there's enough space (fonts on Windows are larger than on Macs).

Printing on Windows -- Windows ain't WYSIWYG, so make sure any print layouts print correctly on Windows (Macs will print the same layout you see on the screen). One way to make this easier is to create a "Print" layout, consisting of a "merge field".

There are a few script commands that only work on one platform or the other, mostly in the "Miscellaneous" section, but chances are you won't need 'em anyway.

OK, folks, what have I missed?

[dynaflash]

If you use special characters for finds be aware that "less than or equal to" and "greater than or equal to" and "is not equal to" on the mac are <= and >= and <> respectively on windows. This can cause havoc.I would type here what they are on a mac but the bulleting board does not recognize the characters.