I am working with a client that is running Filemaker Server 5 in a workgroup environment and is now upgrading to a true client server network running either MS windows server 2008 or 2012. Will Filemaker Server 5 run in the new network environment. They do not want to upgrade Filemaker. Any help would be greatly appreciated
Have a look at this:
FileMaker Server operating system requirements - all versions
Windows 2008 does not appear on the list until FileMaker 10. Windows 2012 only supported only with FileMaker 13.
This is an official supported version chart, so you still can try and install it. I am sure, there is a compatibility mode which will let you run it. If you have any problem, you will not be able to get any support from FileMaker.
If updating FileMaker is such an issue, you might be better of running a VM on the same server with an older OS and serve it from there.
You will probably have a similar problem with clients' installs when their workstations are upgraded. FileMaker 15 is around 15 years old.
You should also consider that the filemaker 5 / 6 clients will not install on a new OSX OS Version - I'm not sure about Windows, that should be tested before moving forward if that is a requirement.
All new versions of Filemaker will convert Filemaker 5 files to a new format, however it's a big change and the scripting and layouts need to be checked after conversion. Filemaker 5 is 14+ years old and support stopped around 10 years ago which explains the compatibility issues.
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I'm trying to get a legacy Powerbuilder 8 application to work in a Windows 10 environment. The application has not been installed from any installation package, I simply open it from a network share containing all the necessary files. It works this way in Windows 7 systems. In Windows 10 the app opens fine, but connecting to database fails with error message:
999: DBMS MSS is not supported in your current installation.
Neither Windows 7 nor Windows 10 workstations have any specific database access drivers installed.
My development environment has Windows 10 and there connection to the database works ok. The database server is installed locally in the dev environment, though.
We had a problem with Powerbuilder 8.4 and 0racle 10 and 11. With Windows 10 patch 1803. When we copied files to local drive it worked. We were getting strange data base error. It had to do with smb version 1. June 30 2018 Windows 10 solved the problems. If your still having problem this may be worth a shot.
I'd like to install MongoDB Community Edition on my computer, which has the 64-bit Windows 10 Home OS, but the system requirements say I need Windows Server 2008 to do it.
I don't think my computer has Windows Server 2008. Is there any way around this? For example, would it work for small-scale databases, or is it totally incompatible without Windows Server 2008?
If I absolutely can't use MongoDB, is there another non-relational database that would work with my system? (It would have to be free.)
I admit that the download site is a bit confusing.
But you can simply download the MSI and install it on your Windows 10 machine. A Windows Server version is not required for the community edition.
Disclaimer: I have it on a Pro (Windows 7 and 10, without Windows 2008 or any other server) edition, not on a Home edition, but I'm pretty sure that it will work in the local machine context)
I am using Active Report 6. Recently i updated my windows 8.1 to Win 10.
After that i can work on Active Reports through visual studio.
But I am not able to view report by running the application.
It keeps saying loading and then the message "The connection was reset".
I don't think this issue is related with ActiveReports.
In case, you are using a Web Project, this might be ASP .Net related issue. Please check following links discussing the same:
http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/291266/The-connection-was-reset-after-clicking-on-a-butto
getting a connection was reset error on asp.net
Anyhow, ActiveReports 6 surely not supported on Windows 10. Hence, for using AR on Windows 10, you need to update the ActiveReports version to AR9 or AR10:
http://arhelp.grapecity.com/webhelp/AR10/index.html#Requirements.html
I have a Crystal Reports application that is hosted in IIS on a windows 2003 32 bit Server. The Crystal reports version in use is Crystal Reports XI Release 2 SP 2.
We are migrating our applications to Windows 2012 64 Bit Servers. I am not sure if this version will work support on 2012 server.
Can anyone please tell me if it will work on 2012? If not, is there any workaround?
While it's not supported, you may have luck with updating your Crystal to service pack 6.
See this page for links/details on doing so:
https://blogs.sap.com/2011/06/07/where-did-all-the-crystal-reports-xi-r1-and-r2-fixes-go/
We faced two scenarios using Windows 2012 64 bit Server and Crystal Reports 10.2.0.
In the first one, everything is working fine until now.
In a second one, I was working fine too, except when someone would try to save the report as an Excel file. It would crash the IIS ASP.Net process. Something on KERNEL32.dll, but I don't have the full message in English to post.
We tried to format the server and reinstall Windows 2012 Server, but it was useless.
We researched about it and all the references and possible solutions ended up at an orientation to install Crystal Reports 13.0.12.
We installed the newer version and everything is working fine.
Please note the the version numbers are a bit confusing. I always check the version number in windows "programs and resources".
I have basically succumbed to the fact that if you are a hardcore computer user, you will have to reimage your computer every few months because something bad happened. Because of this, I bought imaging software and then really got into imaging. I am now ready to move my development environment completely into a virtual machine so that I can test sites on IIS as though I am on a dev network (and backup these images easily).
The question is, what is the best virtual development platform for a 4 gb laptop? A virtual Vista Business with 3 gb of ram, windows XP sp3 with 3 gb of ram, or Windows Server 2003 with 3 gb of usable ram.
Tools I will need to install:
*sql server 2005 dev edition
*vs 2008 sp1
*tools for silverlight
*and multiple other smaller testing tools
I have tried the following combinations:
Windows XP SP3 on Virtual Server
2005 R2
Windows Vista Business
x64 on Virtual Server 2005 R2
Windows XP on Virtual PC 2007
Windows 2003 on Virtual Server 2005
R2
Windows XP on VMWare Fusion
and the Virtual Server installations where either local or hosted on a server and they all ran fine and about the same speed.
The VMWare Fusion Virtual Machine running under OS X is (seat of the pants) significantly faster than the others. I haven't tested VMWare on Windows to see if it is VMWare or the Hardware making the difference, but it's something worth looking into.
Server 2008, converted to a workstation.
Nothing compares IMO, I've loaded 3 Different OS's in the last 3 months, and I'm set on Server 2008.
I think the biggest question (from my standpoint) is whether or not you'll be doing development (like SharePoint) that requires a server platform. If you anticipate a lot of SharePoint development (or perhaps Exchange, or BizTalk, or another product that requires development be done on a server platform), then go with Windows Server 2003. If not, then I'd probably choose XP, though Vista isn't a bad development platform.
I personally prefer developing on a server platform - however, that opinion might shift if I was developing any sort of WinForms applications, since it would more correctly represent the OS family for the target audience.
I did notice a slight performance decrease going from Server 2003 to Server 2008 that I was not expecting, but that might be more from doing an in-place upgrade instead of starting clean.
From the options you gave, I would personally go with W2k3. You can really trim a server OS down to run lightning-fast, especially when you don't have or get rid of the MS "eye candy".