1.  What are the major differences in: Filemaker Pro 5.0 vs 5.5??

2.  What are the major differences in: Filemaker Developer 5.0 vs 5.5 ??

3.  Will FM Developer 5 work with FMP 5.5 ???

4.  If one already has FMP5 installed and gets FMP5.5 full version (not an
updater version),  does any pre work such as uninstalling FMP5 need to be done
prior to installing the newer FMP5.5 ??

5.  Will any of this affect an installed version of FMP3 which so far works just
fine along with FMP5 installed.

5.0 files which are opened in 5.5 may have problems later with field
name editing, cloning or other issues when returned to 5.0 or when
renamed using the Dev Ed. I have not seen these problems personally, but
they have been reported.

-- Lynn Allen                   Allen & Allen Semiotics FSA Associate

http://www.semiotics.com      

I've been a filemaker fan and on again off again user since version 2.  For some
other reasons, I was forced to migrate from MAC to PC about 2 years ago :-(.

I am not a heavy user, but do occasionally create this or that simple DB.
Amazing how rusty one gets after non/use for 9 months or a year.  I've even had
to explore Access.  Of course, I still much much prefer FMP, especially for my
limited needs.

AGAIN - thank you so very much for your thoughtful response!

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-->> 1.  What are the major differences in: Filemaker Pro 5.0 vs 5.5??
-->>
-->> 2.  What are the major differences in: Filemaker Developer 5.0 vs 5.5 ??
-->
-->Do a little homework, dude. Go to
-->http://www.filemaker.com/products/index.html and select the product
-->you're interested in. On the detail pages, FM gives you the option to
-->choose your CURRENT version, and then gives you a rundown of all the
-->improvements since then.
-->
-->> > 3.  Will FM Developer 5 work with FMP 5.5 ???
-->
-->Yes, though problems have been reported in 5.5 files bound or having the
-->name changed with the earlier Dev version.  Obviously, no 5.5 features
-->are supported by the 5.0 runtime engine.
-->
-->> > 4.  If one already has FMP5 installed and gets FMP5.5 full version (not
an
-->> updater version),  does any pre work such as uninstalling FMP5 need to be
done
-->> prior to installing the newer FMP5.5 ??
-->
-->No. You can run both on the same machine. Be aware that running both at
-->the SAME TIME can cause problems on Windows, if TCP/IP is selected as
-->the network protocol, as they both use the same network binding. Running
-->them at separate times causes no problems.  On Mac (answering would be
-->easier if we knew your platform) generally the most recent version will
-->be called by double-clicking on any file icon. Opening the earlier
-->version of the app needs to take place manually.  Just be careful which
-->version you're working in.
-->
-->5.0 files which are opened in 5.5 may have problems later with field
-->name editing, cloning or other issues when returned to 5.0 or when
-->renamed using the Dev Ed. I have not seen these problems personally, but
-->they have been reported.
-->
-->>
-->> 5.  Will any of this affect an installed version of FMP3 which so far
-->> works just fine along with FMP5 installed.
-->
-->No. You can run FMP 3 alongside any later version.
-->
-->-- Lynn Allen                   Allen & Allen Semiotics FSA Associate

-->http://www.semiotics.com