--- "Wolfgang M. Bereuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dienstag, November 26, 2002, at 04:06 Uhr, Alan > Gayne wrote: > > > Somewhat off topic, does anyone have or know of a > well detailed, step > > by step tutorial on how to use RunRev as the front > end of a Filemaker > > database? > > > > From the references I've seen on the list it would > seem that this is a > > fairly widespread technique but I'm yet to find a > really good > tutorial. > > Thats a very interesting idea for me too... > Is it possible? > Does it make any sense to build the UI in Rev > instead directly in FM, > what seems easier to me...? > For what kind of solutions could make it sence > compared to 4D, > Valentina or mySQL..? > Can FM do anything what they cant do..? > Is it easier (cheaper) to publish a FM Database on > the web and connect > to it with "Rev client"? > > Thanks in advance for some ideas to that... > > regards > Wolfgang M. Bereuter >
Hi Alan, Hi Wolfgang, RunRev 2.0 will have a report generator, so that's good news and much appreciated. The main reason why I'd use RunRev UI on top of FileMaker database is that: 1) FM doesn't have a complete scripting language, so if you need to make a lot of complicated convoluted changes, it can get hairy. 2) FM datafiles are prone to data loss because it's too easy to go into a field and change something -- it's hard to make good interfaces that prevent this, as you can't lock/unlock fields and have to maintain two separate layouts. If you're only using FileMaker as a back-end database, you might as well take a look at Valentina ; from the comments I've heard so far, it seems sturdy and fast. However, FileMaker has a Web Companion which means you don't have to use the cgi-version of RunRev to display data from the database. Plus, given the addition of XML to FileMaker Pro 6 and to RunRev 2.0, we could see some interesting synergies there. Just a few thoughts, Jan Schenkel. ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
