Hi incrowd,

I've scanned a few of the faqs on FM developer, but my main question
left isn't answered short and clear:
does the developer for platform A generate stand alone applications for
all platforms available, like RealBasic Pro 5.5 does (see link below)?

<http://www.realsoftware.com/store/standardvspro.html>

ard

No. The Developer for Platform A only generates runtimes for Platform A.

However, your license allows you to install Developer on both Platform A
and Platform B, so if you have access to computers that run both
Platforms, you can make runtimes for both. I run Virtual PC on my Mac,
and so I am able to create runtimes for Windows, Mac OS X and Mac Classic.

Greg




In article <1gbox8g.1epwhmbka40qeN%ardpuntjonkeratxs4allpuntn l@b.c>,
ardpuntjonkeratxs4allpuntnl@b.c (ard) wrote:

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In article <1gbox8g.1epwhmbka40qeN%ardpuntjonkeratxs4allpuntn l@b.c>,
ardpuntjonkeratxs4allpuntnl@b.c (ard) wrote:

You must make the runtime on the platform on which it will be used. On
the upside, you can install FM Developer (including that all-important
Tool) on both platforms from the same CD.

I have a Win2000 box and a Mac side-by-side with identical versions of
Developer to do just this job, make new versions of runtimes for both
platforms.

As far as I know, this covers Windows & Mac. There is no way to make a
runtime that will run under Linux (or any other Unix flavor). I could be
wrong here, I've never beed asked to do this, so haven't researched it.

Steve Brown

Greg Dember <greg (AT) demREMOVEberdatabase (DOT) calm> wrote:

<grin> one thing VPC is good for </grin>

Thanks; that was the point I needed being made. So I develop on the mac,
transport the stuff to VPC, make a runtime and have a standalone app for
the 3 platforms ready. Right? (I /am/ the suspicious kind of guy)

Ard

In article <1gbqo89.1mk0oapxnnz9cN%ardpuntjonkeratxs4allpuntn l@b.c>,
ardpuntjonkeratxs4allpuntnl@b.c (ard) wrote:

No.

You develop on whichever platform you like (being careful of problems
with fonts, printers, etc.) and TEST on all platforms the data base is
going to be run on.

You then use FileMaker Developer/Binder on EACH platform to create
SEPARATE runtime applications for each platform.

Mac runtimes MUST be created on a Mac
PC runtimes MUST be created on a PC (or VirtualPC)

I'm not sure about MacOS 8/9 vs MacOS X, but unless it creates a Carbon
application you'll have to run the appropriate Binder application under
each version of the MacOS.

The data files are actually the same (as long as you use the same
binding "key"/code) and can even still be opened in full FilMaker, but
the runtime applications are platform specific.



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