Filemaker Mobile re-install - TECHWORKS

'Five stars for working well as a viewer...three stars for limited editing...four stars average.'

Sorry, but I must disagree after using FM Mobile for a while- it deserves its low rating. Why? Because it crashes, requiring a reinstall, and doesn't like syncing records with characters beyond the basic ASCII letter set. Then, good luck finding which character sets it off. Beware the dreaded 'error:1' and the 'Some records contain characters that are not supported by the device'. Gladly there are alternatives.

Finally (yes even though it's only $49) the lack of support and upgrades (until the next $500 Filemaker is out) is apalling.

Doesn't work real well, lacks debugging before release, no updates, poor sync (although better than its predecessor). So I'm giving it 2's all 'round. That's generous only because its improvement over previous version.

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Thursday, May 05 2005 @ 04:28 AM PDT

Filemaker Mobile re-install - TECHWORKS

'Five stars for working well as a viewer...three stars for limited editing...four stars average.'

Sorry, but I must disagree after using FM Mobile for a while- it deserves its low rating. Why? Because it crashes, requiring a reinstall, and doesn't like syncing records with characters beyond the basic ASCII letter set. Then, good luck finding which character sets it off. Beware the dreaded 'error:1' and the 'Some records contain characters that are not supported by the device'. Gladly there are alternatives.

Finally (yes even though it's only $49) the lack of support and upgrades (until the next $500 Filemaker is out) is apalling.

Doesn't work real well, lacks debugging before release, no updates, poor sync (although better than its predecessor). So I'm giving it 2's all 'round. That's generous only because its improvement over previous version.

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Thursday, May 05 2005 @ 04:28 AM PDT