Hi All, So my FM Rep just turned me on to this:
http://www.filemaker.com/technet/dev_license.html Maybe I am behind the times, but this is amazing! The three user FM Advanced license is perfect. A few questions, if anyone is familiar (or can read legaleze better than I): 1. Can one now in FM9 Open Served Files on the same Development box? Can I load Server on my development box and then open FileMaker Advanced (client) and open the served files off of the server with the client?... or should I buy/arrange a nice big box somewhere as my DEV box? (Any other suggested configurations? 2. I have a few clients, mostly I set up GoToMyPC accounts and develop remotely on their server. If I wanted to keep a DEV instance for each client (they supply a parallel DEV box) could I use the same FileMaker Development License on each? It would never break the "spirit" of the idea, never more than 3 people logged on, since I would be the only person for any of them, just on different boxes. 3. Kind of a question that I think also might be part of the answer to #2, since what you are purchasing is membership in the "FileMaker Technical Network" then is it a license to the "person" and the number of instances and how you use it is unlimited so long as you stay true to it being about the "member" using it for his/her own development needs? 4. I know that one can now separate code and data completely, but short of that (for all I have built before and the convenience of keeping them together for future projects), does anyone know of a strategy for keeping a development copy of a FileMaker solution and then enhancing on this putative DEV box and then migrating the finished product up to the PROD box -- but! the pre-enhanced version was being used all along. Does my Advanced client (or some strategy that you all know) allow for some *mass* conveyance of all the data (much like the MySQL Migration Tool), so that I could have a proper development cycle for Enhancements after deployment? 5.I know you can CVS/SVN FileMaker just like anything else on a computer, but I've never done it because it didn't seem a good "fit" do any of you use CVS (or like) while you develop? Thanks in advance for any responses. -- Sincerely, Brad
