I was considering switching to filemaker pro and then using a filemaker hosting service. My supervisor happened to see me using the program and was so impressed that he requested me to set up a similar system for the entire lab of 10 researches, some of whom use PC. I work in a research group and have been using Bento to organize my personal information like plasmid DNA sequences and such. Let us know if you have any other questions, and good luck! I take no credit for it, but it is one of the links that comes up when you google fm backup strategies, and I found it quite helpful. It might be a little complicated for a first time user, but I think it communicates the concepts pretty clearly. Might I recommend you read the following about filemaker server backup strategies. If you really are interested I could elaborate on the disadvantages, but you should be able to find some pretty good discussions on the topic on google. You CAN share a FM solution from a computer running regular Filemaker to up to 10 clients, however, there are a number of disadvantages, and it is not what i would call a good long term solution by any means. I do consider the advanced copy essential for designing and building a database, but not for clients.

Why do you say he will need the Advanced copy of the client? I run a 16 client network at a trade show every year, and I know the clients are the standard copy.

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