run filemaker pro 8.5 on usb 2.0 flashdrive

Has anyone used a flash drive to take their fmp 8.5 files with them and
be able to run them on another system?

How do I do that?

Roger

Re: run filemaker pro 8.5 on usb 2.0 flashdrive

On 2007-10-21 15:54:15 -0700, Roger Wilkerson said:

> Has anyone used a flash drive to take their fmp 8.5 files with them and
> be able to run them on another system?

Works just fine, if you don't mind a tiny bit of slowness in opening.

Works better with USB 2.0. Make sure you have plenty of extra empty
space on the drive, don't try it with the flash drive almost filled
with files. FM needs at least as much space as the file size for temp
files, and could use more.

Just plug the drive in, and open the files as usual. Of course the
machine must have FM installed on it. If they don't have a licenced
copy, have them download a 30-day demo from filemaker.com.
--
Lynn Allen
--
www.semiotics.com
Member Filemaker Business Alliance
Long Beach, CA

Re: run filemaker pro 8.5 on usb 2.0 flashdrive

I presume you meant run the application from a flash drive (Win or Mac)...
if win, it won't work since the registry entries don't match the app
location. It is possible to create a registry overlay that you can "install"
in a second on any win machine.

Guy



"Lynn Allen" wrote in message
news:471bfe99@news.bnb-lp.com...
> On 2007-10-21 15:54:15 -0700, Roger Wilkerson
> said:
>
>> Has anyone used a flash drive to take their fmp 8.5 files with them and
>> be able to run them on another system?
>
> Works just fine, if you don't mind a tiny bit of slowness in opening.
>
> Works better with USB 2.0. Make sure you have plenty of extra empty space
> on the drive, don't try it with the flash drive almost filled with files.
> FM needs at least as much space as the file size for temp files, and could
> use more.
>
> Just plug the drive in, and open the files as usual. Of course the machine
> must have FM installed on it. If they don't have a licenced copy, have
> them download a 30-day demo from filemaker.com.
> --
> Lynn Allen
> --
> www.semiotics.com
> Member Filemaker Business Alliance
> Long Beach, CA
>