Does anyone know if 8.0 will run on Vista (windows).  I have called FM
and their answer was "they didn't know".
Thanks

Im looking at 8.5, and coming from CRM's such as Act! ( 2006) and
Goldmine dbase ( 6.7), as well as the new MS BCM.  Act! is using sql
express 2005, as is MS BCM, and that has a file size limitation of 4gigs.
Goldmine still uses old Borland, and that has the same 4 gig limitation ...

I've been developing solutions with FMP since its very beginning in 1985, on
my first Mac. I always have considered that program as remarkably stable.
Now, for the first time, I suspect FMP of being unpredictable and insecure,
which is very embarrassing towards clients. I use 8.5 ...

I am having some really bizarre behavior with some dynamic value lists
i have set up. I'm looking at a series of "Option" records in a
portal, and when I set the option(from a drop down list) in one, the
available options in the next should change. Here's the thing, the

So I have 2 fmp 6U files, Macrofile and Current. They both have a field called
Semester_uscCard, which is a calcfield combining the two fields of textfield,
Semester like 2007 Spring and a number field, uscCard like 1234567890.
The Semester_uscCard would looks like ...

I realize that FMP 8 is supposed to save cache contents regularly
(either during idle time or at pre-set intervals), but when my
computer crashes I invariably lose a day's work and have to restore
from my daily backup file.  Is there a way to get FMP to save

From ThinkSecret.com ...
   FileMaker 9 details revealed; release planned for mid-late 2007
   ---------------------------------------------------------------
   Details of new features in FileMaker 9 have emerged ahead of

I would like a one-click method for users to go from a group of found
records in filemaker to a completed mail merge in Word (using data
from found records). It has to be Word, not a pdf.
I've been successful in scripting this using an export to excel

I would like to know if there is a template for Avery laser labels: L7161.
I could get it on an earlier version of FM but not on v.8
Regards
Eileen

Could somone please post a copy of FMPro 8 Advance Server?

FMP8 and Windows XP
I have two issues
1.
I have a solution which is served using a peer to peer host.I have global

We would like to expand the functionality of our FileMaker invoicing
system to allow us to store the faxed order confirmations of our
vendors. My question: would it make sense to store these as images in a
container field in each order, or is it necessary to store just the

I developed a database in MS Access to track and control the issuance
of computers to a mobile workforce.
My DB has the following tables/attributes
TblEmployees

each day, I need to update my databases with new .fp7 files.
I would like to  create a script to do the job...
Here is the tasks I need to "script":
1- Create user "toto"

Getting the screen layout to what I want is fairly easy but it doesn't print
what is on the screen - the fonts seem larger by a point or two, when
printed.
In the screen view I'm looking at 100 (lower left corner) so this should