I have a database I created in Filemaker Pro Developer 6 for OS X. I
also have a Palm PDA and Filemaker Mobile 2.1. Is there anyway for the
standalone app created by the developer version to sync with the palm
via Filemaker mobile?

Hello Eric,

There is no built in functionality for a runtime to sync with the palm. The
only workaround I have seen thus far
was to have your filemaker runtime to have import or export scripts
pre-defined and to have a custom conduit written for the palm that also
handled imports and exports. In this scenario your runtime could for
instance export all records as a .mer file and save it to a pre-determined
folder. The custom conduit on your palm would look in this location and
import the data. Transferring data the other direction would be the same
but in reverse. The palm would export the data to a pre-determined location
and then you would run an import script in your solution.
Its pretty complicated and you need to be able to write a conduit for the
palm. Maybe someone in this group knows of some third party software to
facilitate this. I am not aware of any. As a developer of runtimes, if you
can find a way to facilitate this I would love to hear about it. :-)

best regards,

PL
"Eric Cartman" <timmyis (AT) invalid (DOT) com> wrote

Writing a conduit is a little over my head and not really worth it for
a project like I am doing. Thanx for the answer however.




In article <bgenat$jbu$1 (AT) news (DOT) apple.com>, Pierre Lessard
<lessardpete (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Check out www.vizmotion.com for the conduit.

Ted

"Eric Cartman" <timmyis (AT) invalid (DOT) com> wrote

On 8/1/03 3:11 PM, in article 010820031511106972%timmyis (AT) invalid (DOT) com, "Eric
Cartman" <timmyis (AT) invalid (DOT) com> wrote:

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I've written several custom Palm databases that synch with FileMaker. The
Palm databases can talk to FileMaker via COM port or via TCP/IP.

I create a Palm OS application that can communicate with FileMaker directly.
Not through a conduit.

I would need to know more about the project before I could tell you what's
involved.

Most of my clients are out to deploy 10s - 100s of Palms.

Matt Revenaugh : info (AT) thesoftwareman (DOT) com
The Software Man


The Software Man

In article <BB50736C.1C9D0%matt (AT) thesoftwareman (DOT) com>, Matt Revenaugh
<matt (AT) thesoftwareman (DOT) com> wrote:

just fine under Filemaker 6 with the Filemaker mobile installed but
would like it to do the same using a stand alone created database.

I am not looking to sell the thing maybe just give it to a few people.
I have seen other password vaults out there but never liked the options
they gave me so I made my own. It would be nice to find an option that
works on both Windows and Macintosh..I have developer installed on both
machines as well as Filemaker mobile.

Thanx for taking the time to answer.

In article <qoFWa.540$Bv6.141938 (AT) news1 (DOT) epix.net>, Ted Bieryla
<tbieryla (AT) xeaglewarranty (DOT) com> wrote:

Thanks for the heads up on this site....it will not work with what I am
currently doing but seeing this site is giving me other ideas!