[FX.php List] Development under FM8

[Michael Ward]

As said by Greg, FSA associates are entitled to a development copy of  
FMSA... for just this purpose.

There is no need to be spending the full amount for another copy of  
FMSA.  And there are additional benefits being a member of the FSA!

Regards

Michael Ward.

On 18/04/2006, at 11:04 AM, Kevin Futter wrote:

> On 18/4/06 10:18 AM, "Steve Winter" <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> In my initial exploration this morning I think I've discovered  
>> that there
>> is no way to test/develop custom web content using FX.php without  
>> FMSA...??
>>
>> Please tell me I'm wrong...?
>
> You are, unfortunately, 100% correct. Thankyou FileMaker.
>
>>
>> I travel a lot of the time with my work, and am used to having a  
>> complete
>> setup on my laptop (Apache, php, FMD, web companion) which enable  
>> me to
>> test and develop content where ever I am, then upload to the  
>> appropriate
>> server...it seems that this isn't now going to be possible...?
>
> You'll only be able to manage it if you can connect to your remote  
> FMSA
> installation to retrieve data for your testing pages.
>
>>
>> Could I bite a very expensive bullet and install FMSA and FMD on my
>> laptop simultaneously...?? Mind you, I think I'm going to
>> need another FMSA license anyway by the loos, and more hardware,  
>> so I can
>> set up a development server... not so happy about that at $1,800  
>> NZD for
>> the software alone...!!
>>
>> How are others handling this new situation...?
>
> We made the mistake of buying separate copies of FMS and FMSA,  
> thinking that
> it would mirror our existing set up with FM Server (v5.5) and FM6U. Of
> course, we soon discovered it doesn't work that way at all.  
> Luckily, we are
> just in our testing phase, and the existing solutions are all PHP  
> anyway, so
> I just point my local test pages at the FMSA box. I don't do any  
> off-site
> development for FM, at least not for the web, so I don't have your  
> exact
> problem. But I certainly do empathise.
>
> But of course, since you can't connect the web server module to FMS  
> - it has
> to be FMSA - we may be forced to buy a second license for FMSA.  
> Grrr ....
>
> -- 
> Kevin Futter
> Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
> http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/
>
>
>
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