Re: mixing FileMaker 7/8/9, server & client

Greg,

We have FMkr 7/8/9 clients accessing files on our FMkr Server 8.5. We
have received no indications, either internally or from any of our
departments, that there are problems accessing these files as a
result of various client versions.

Yes, FMkr 7/8/9 client will open .fp7 files. However, if a .fp7 file
contains new features that are not available in previous versions,
then those features may be unavailable to earlier client versions.
If, for instance, a .fp7 file was created in FMkr 9 with the new (to
FMKr 7) feature Tab Controls, a FMkr 7 client would not see or be
able to use those tabs.

This is less an issue of the client software being able to open the
.fp7 file, and more an issue of how the .fp7 file was developed.

Thanks,

Michael L
L&S Computing Resources

At 4:59 PM -0800 12/11/07, Greg Merritt wrote:
>The FileMaker folks suggest that there is a good deal of compatibility
>across versions 7, 8 & 9; they have documentation like this:
>
>"FileMaker Pro 9 databases use the same file format (.fp7) as
>FileMaker Pro 8 and FileMaker Pro 7, therefore databases can easily be
>shared between these three versions. Features specific to the newer
>versions, are only supported in the newer versions..."
>
>We have an installation of FileMaker Server 7, and several dozen
>FileMaker Pro 7 clients. We have one or two instances FileMaker Pro 8
>clients, and they seem to be rather happy to use the shared databases
>hosted on the server. We'll be needing to buy some new licenses (v.
>9) soon, and would love to know if folks have found any problems
>mixing 7/8/9 clients connecting to .fp7 databases on Server 7.
>
>All indications are pretty good, but we haven't been able to dig up
>documentation that definitely rules this in or out.
>
>Thanks!
>-Greg
>
>
>
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