[FX.php List] Anybody out there...?

[Anders Monsen]

I like this new version, but so far see nothing *compelling* about it  
yet. FMP 9 had ESS and the PHP API (I like choices), though with FX  
the latter just takes it in-house. Speaking of in-house, the new  
version renders moot some plugins, such as script triggering and SMTP.  
With the former I think FMP leaped beyond the current plugins, while  
some mail plugins still have richer features than what ships with 10.

The biggest developer coolness so far in v10 appears to be script  
triggering, which is great for the FMP side of my work, but nowhere  
near as must have as ESS was with the prior version. And ESS now  
allows using external fields for value lists, which is way cool.

I tried installing the beta of Server, but it failed on my test  
machine, which was a few years old and not even Intel. Also, that was  
back in October, so maybe it had some issues that since have been  
fixed. Since then I have only had time to look at the client. I  
understand FMS does contain performance tuning, plus the PHP Site  
Assistant gets an upgrade, though to people on this list that probably  
means nothing since we eschew that solution.

Anders Monsen

On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Bob Patin wrote:

> I'm planning to get FMS 10 in a few weeks--going to see if there are  
> any bug reports first before I put it on a server here, although I  
> do have a developer license I could try I suppose.
>
> I was told that FMS 10 is faster, but that was from a consultant who  
> doesn't do web apps, so who knows...
>
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> On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:30 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>
>> Happy New Year Steve (et al.)
>>
>> Haven't yet tested FM10 w/ FX, but as Chris has said in the past,  
>> FX uses uses the XML returned by FMS -- via FMPXMLRESULT -- so  
>> nothing in this regard should be any different now in v10.  (At  
>> least that's my understanding)
>>
>> Best,
>> -Joel
>>
>>
>> On Jan 6, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Steve Winter wrote:
>>
>>> Happy New Year (and all that ;-)
>>>
>>> Just wondering if the list has dies, or if everyone is just run  
>>> away for the 'festive season'...
>>>
>>> I see the FM10 is also out yesterday, can't quite tell if it's  
>>> compatible with FX from the stuff on the site, so going to  
>>> download a technet version of the server tonight and give it the  
>>> once over... anyone already been there...??
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Steve
>>>
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