>We use the runtime ebase. > >Our membership database is maintained on a pc, but i would like to >back it up on my G3 Powerbook. I have downloaded the ebase mac >version onto the laptop. If I email the ebase files (excluding the >exe file) to myself on the mac, can I open these files with the mac >version of ebase?
Unfortunately this won't work as long as you use the runtime application. The file formats are identical on both platforms, but the application isn't. If you use the commercial version of FileMaker, you have a different application on the PC than on the Mac, and you can pass the data files back and forth with no trouble. The PC runtime application won't launch on the Mac, and a Mac runtime won't recognize the PC files as part of the solution it was bundled with. You can certainly back the files up on your mac (including the .exe file), meaning store them in the event of a crash, but you won't be able to open ebase. As Walt says, you will quickly find that email isn't a useful way to exchange large files. Best to get a removable drive (cd burner or zip) for the PC for backup. >A second question: we have 159 members, but 170 entry numbers, due >to deletions, etc. Is there a way to make the member numbers match >the entry number? We are about to embark on a membership campaign >and I would really like to have it tidy before we start adding lots >more names. I'm not sure how you assign the member numbers. You won't be able to change the record numbers (entry numbers?) - they are involved in too many relationships and calculations to even think about it. I would suggest just using the record number as the member number, whatever it is. No particular reason (other than compulsive tidiness <g>) for the numbers to be sequential. -- -- Dave Shaw H4 Consulting tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338 ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
