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- From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
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- Subject: Re: Is FileMaker Pro multi-user?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.162223.18217@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 16:22:23 GMT
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- <CHARLESW@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
-
- > Can several users access a FileMaker Pro database concurrently (with proper
- >record locking that is)? If so, does it require a dedicated server?
-
- Yes FM Pro is multi-user, no it does not require a dedicated server,
- nor does it require Appleshare or System seven filesharing. However,
- since it is shared-file you are limited by the speed of the host Mac,
- and anytime you have more than 4 people working at once, you will slow
- down extremely.
-
- > Also, while I'm at it, a) is there a way to import data via terminal emula-
- >tion or will I need a separate program such as MicroPhone, and b) can I write
- >the equivalent of XCMDs for it like I can for FoxBase?
-
- I'm not sure what you mean here. Importing data into FM Pro can be
- done only with a data file on an accessible drive. This data can be in a
- number of formats, but it still requires a file to read from. You can't
- write XCMDs for FM Pro, but if you have version 2.0 you can use Apple
- events to basically perform the importing if you wanted.
-
- --
- -Brian V. Hughes
- "If you could care less, then why don't you?"
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