[FX.php List] FMSA 8 and Intel Macs

[Dale Bengston]

Hi Kevin,

According to FMI, FileMaker Pro 8 and FileMaker Advanced 8 (formerly  
FileMaker Developer) are supported under Rosetta. FMI does not  
support FileMaker Server or Server Advanced under Rosetta, which are  
the center of my problem. Since FMI doesn't support FMP6 either, I  
wonder if "not supported" means "use at your own peril" or "don't  
bother, won't run."

Here's what I have been able to install and use my MacBook Pro:
	FileMaker Pro 6.0v4
	FileMaker Developer 6.0v4
	FileMaker Pro 7.0v3
	FileMaker Developer 7.0v3
	FileMaker Pro 8.0v3
	FileMaker Advanced  8.0v3

I have gone as far as running the FMS 8 and FMSA 8  installers, but I  
can't bring the WPE up. I have not attempted to host databases or log  
into them client-server. I'm curious to know if anyone else has  
brought up FMSA 8 on an Intel Mac, and whether the WPE not running is  
because I just did something stupid in my install process and should  
try again, or whether it just plain won't run and I should continue  
to quietly grumble to myself about the lack of FMP Universal binaries.

Dale Bengston

On May 25, 2006, at 8:27 PM, Kevin Futter wrote:

> On 25/5/06 1:22 AM, "Dale Bengston" <dbengston at preservationstudio.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I posted this to the FSA list too, but no replies so far. Anyone
>> tried this yet?
>>
>> -Dale
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I understand that FileMaker Server Advanced 8 and FileMaker Server 8
>> are not officially supported by FMI running under Rosetta on the
>> Intel-based Macs. In spite of not being supported, does it work? Has
>> anyone tried it? How about the Web Publishing Engine? I'm not talking
>> about doing this in a production environment, of course. Just
>> wondering if I should bother to install my FSA developer license of
>> FMSA8 on my new MacBook Pro while I wait for Universal binaries...
>> whenever that might happen.
>>
>> Thanks for your collective insight,
>> Dale
>
> We've tested the FM8 client under Rosetta on a MacBook Pro, and if  
> anything
> it seems slightly faster than the old G4 PowerBook. However, we  
> haven't
> tested any other configurations. I'd imagine that performance would be
> similar across the product line. Since the WPE is largely Java- 
> based, its
> performance would be down to how the JRE runs under Rosetta, or  
> whether
> there's a universal binary JRE available.
>
> -- 
> Kevin Futter
> Webmaster, St. Bernard's College
> http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/
>
>
>
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