Steve Cassidy wrote:
On Mar 14, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Angus Gilmour wrote:
What I am a little concerned with, however, is why you are stuck in
the dark
ages with an obsolete version of filemaker when you want to use a more
sophisticated method of hosting and sharing filemaker databases. Why
not at
least upgrade it to version 10 to take advantage of the many advanced
features.
Angus
The upgrade from FMP6 (or FMS5) to FMP7+ is not trivial. Changes in
Filemaker were so great between those versions that, in the case of a
complicated solution, it is often more effective to start again (ie
rewrite the solution) than to convert. This might mean a huge amount
of work and cost.
A former client of mine is just now going through the process. They've
been at it for a year or more. Big job. But in the end it has to be
done because the hardware to run FMP6/FMS5 just won't be available.
Anyway, I imagine this is the reason why the original poster is keen
to find hardware that will run such an old version.
Steve
Steve is correct. I had just rewritten our entire solution in FM6 when
FM 7 came out. I was not happy to find that FM7 was not backwards
compatible. But time heals most wounds and I am beginning to realize
that I may indeed have to either rewrite in FM11 or abandon FM all
together. But in the meantime I need a new server so any help is
appreciated.
Thanks
Jeff
