I've recently installed FM AdvPro 11 on a local PC.  I go into the 'File' -
'File Sharing' - 'IWP' menu then click on the 'Specify' button to change the
default port from 37954 to our normal one for development (which has worked
without flaw since version 8.5). When I click OK it ...

I have one file with five years of data. How do I create a new file
with only data for one of the years?

How can I set a window with Button to scan all the records, Let me explain I
have several windows set in 'View as Form' and I hide the status Area, but I
would like to review some other records by adding arrows to go to next
record or the previous record with out Exposing the Status ...

Every month I get a file showing customer balances by day that looks
something like this.
CustID    Date            Balance
1        1/1/2010        100

Is there a way of Reading Optional charters such as the Unscors, Hyphen,
Forward & Back Slashs.
FM Pro 10 - on windowsXP
Charlie

I am an experienced professional filemaker developer (10 years),
although I have no experience with sharing a solution via php and
filemaker server advanced. I am seeking advice from people who do have
that experience to help me guide my client in deciding how we should

I have FMP Advanced 8.5 Central Europan version. After that I bought
FMP Adv. 9 upgrade, Central European version.  Very good friend of mine
is in USA and she could buy FMP Adv. 11 upgrade in States. On filemaker
web page, I can see that owners of 8.5 are eligible for upgrade to

what's your suggestion for an optimum 2D display?
A typical application might be e.g. a calender, but mine is slightly
different:
I got a list or records

I have a simple database with just two linked tables. One field contains
a date of birth field. I then have a calculated field that determines
the age of the person. What I want to do is list anyone who has a
birthday on the current date. I know how to get the day, month and year ...

It appears to me that in find mode, I can popule one portal row only.
Question is how do I help my users with AND searches. Do a find, then do
another find but do not hit enter but choose constrain found set etc.
works, of course, but I'd like to make things easier for them.

FMP 9 Adv licensing gave you rights for 2 installations (typically :
MacOSX and WXP).
I didn't see the same info with FMP11...
and what about the way of activation ?

Our busness is in the process of migrating from FM6 to FM10. Big jump and
steep learning curve for those of us doing the redesign (and running the
business at the same time I might point out). Of course some of the biggest
differences between 6 and 10 are having a single ...