1. FileMaker on Windows 7

    February 4, 2010 by phin

    Microsoft latest version release of Windows, Windows 7, is not issue-free when it comes to compatibility with FileMaker 10 products. Upon my first glance at the FileMakers Knowledge Base’s report of known FileMaker compatibility issues with Windows, I remembered thinking the list was very small compared to the issues with Mac OS Snow Leopard. One reason is that previous versions of FileMaker have not been thoroughly tested with Windows 7. The developer’s of FileMaker says. “While these earlier versions may install and run on Windows 7, you may encounter installation and stability issues for which there is no resolution. We [...]

  2. DC FileMaker User’s Group

    February 3, 2010 by admin

    If you are a user or developer of File Maker Pro and are located in the Washington, DC Metro area, please come to the DC File Maker User Group meeting today, February 3.  It will be held at the FileMaker office at 700 12th Street NW downtown, from Noon until 2:00 PM.  The meeting will feature special guests from eConnectix, who will be demonstrating their XFM FileMaker Server. In a real-world implementation at Tekserve in NYC, which has 160 simultaneous clients, 87 files, 15 million records, and 10 GB of data, the eConnectix box was able to reduce back-up times [...]