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Re: To go or not to go?

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On Jul 22, 6:57 am, Andrea Crotti <andrea.crott...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here we use Filemaker to manage our databases.
>
> Now we were interested in evaluating filemaker to go to use it
> eventually on an IPAD (which still we don't have).
>
> Before buying, however, I want to understand a few issues which the
> website didn't answer me (it's just marketing and vapor-ware there).
>
> The first problem is about the synchronization of the data.
> Is it still true that fm-to-go doesn't let you modify or create new
> records?
>
> That is not the end of the world, and it might even be fine.  But we
> have a lot of databases (> 30 probably) and I would like to
> synchronize
> them all in the morning.
>
> From what I've read we need to use iTunes and do some manual boring
> and
> stupid procedure. Are there smarter and automatic ways to use
> something
> like rsync?

Running a database on FMGo is the same as running it with a FileMaker
Pro client, with a few differences. Not charting or PDFs, that's been
fixed in the latest version.

If you want to connect to a hosted database with FMGo but don't have
an internet connection via WiFi or 3G, you run into the same problem
than if you were on a non-iOS device running FMP with no Internet
connect...you just can't connect!

If that's important, being able to use a db offline and have it sync
to a master db, there is a new product out there which is getting a
lot of press despite being in beta called GoZync by the good folks a
SeedCode. It syncs both structure and data between an iOS device and a
hosted database. Looks like it has huge potential, though it may be a
little pricey for some ($399 for the server side and $129 per iOS
device).

Good luck,
David

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David Jondreau
Wing Forward Solutions, LLC
www.wingforward.net

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To go or not to go? Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2011-07-22 05:57 -0700
  Re: To go or not to go? Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2011-07-22 10:28 -0700
  Re: To go or not to go? David Jondreau <david@wingforward.net> - 2011-07-22 22:36 -0700
    Re: To go or not to go? Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2011-07-27 06:52 -0700
      Re: To go or not to go? Court Bowman <court@clevelandconsulting.com> - 2011-08-02 03:27 -0700

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