Frequently Asked Questions
Answers To Commonly Asked Questions About How To Deploy And/Or Use Our ToolsI keep on hearing the terms ||Run-Time|| and ||FileMaker Powered|| being mentioned. What do they mean?
While basically the same there are just a few limitations to our “Run-Time” solutions:
- First of all they are single user only and are not networkable at all. If you need to allow multiple users to share access to the database system across either a peer to peer or LAN or WAN you will the FileMaker powered versions of our programs
- While they can create Filemaker print out reports if you want those reports as PDFs to email to clients and associates you can’t automatically create and the file PDFs from within the 360 Difference application. Run-time user need to go to the print window and click save as a PDF on a Mac or use a utility program to create the PDF on a Windows machine
What is iOS?
Why wont my 360 Difference Windows Run-Time solutions run on my iPad?
If I purchase a 360 Difference Runtime application now what will it cost me to upgrade to the FileMaker powered version sometime in the future is I decide I want those additional features? ( the ability to create Adobe® PDF or Microsoft® Excel files)
You would obviously however need to purchase a copy of FileMaker Pro 11 to power it. Typically you can purchase FileMaker Pro from Amazon our Amazon Store for around $265 to $275 but making the 360 Difference switch is free and we’ve made it like that to help encourage the switch. We think the PDF and Excel creation capabilities are well worth it plus there are other FileMaker powered solutions that come from FileMaker Inc as well as many other 3rd party vendors that businesses will find very useful. Visit Made For FileMaker to see some of what’s available out there.
Will 360 Difference run on an Android Tablet?
There are some limitations however
- You can’t use rich text styles in fields.
- There is no table view available for viewing your data
- There is no support for using multiple windows
- The is no Preview mode available to view reports before printing
- You cannot importing data from External Data Sources (Bento, XML, ODBC)
- Charting is limited
- Single Sign-On (SSO) is not available
- Using the keyboard arrow keys to navigate checkbox and radio button sets is not available
If that is something that interests you please contact us and we can talk about what it would take for us to get that up and running for you.
Are there any tutorials on how to use 360 Difference?
What is the difference between Cloud-Based and Web-Based?
The truth is they are incredibly similar and often the terms are used interchangeably but one might argue that the difference while subtle is important.
Cloud Based means the software is operating off of a remotely hosted server either your company’s hardware that is co-located in a off-site server farm or on a server provided and maintained by a third party vendor (we often use and recommend Point In Space FileMaker Cloud Hosting) .
A Web-Hosted application resides and works off of your own in-house on-premises server and network and can be accessed remotely from the field via an internet connection through a web-browser.
What is iOS?
Why wont my 360 Difference Windows Run-Time solutions run on my iPad?
If I purchase a 360 Difference Runtime application now what will it cost me to upgrade to the FileMaker powered version sometime in the future is I decide I want those additional features? ( the ability to create Adobe® PDF or Microsoft® Excel files)
You would obviously however need to purchase a copy of FileMaker Pro 11 to power it. Typically you can purchase FileMaker Pro from Amazon our Amazon Store for around $265 to $275 but making the 360 Difference switch is free and we’ve made it like that to help encourage the switch. We think the PDF and Excel creation capabilities are well worth it plus there are other FileMaker powered solutions that come from FileMaker Inc as well as many other 3rd party vendors that businesses will find very useful. Visit Made For FileMaker to see some of what’s available out there.
Will 360 Difference run on an Android Tablet?
There are some limitations however
- You can’t use rich text styles in fields.
- There is no table view available for viewing your data
- There is no support for using multiple windows
- The is no Preview mode available to view reports before printing
- You cannot importing data from External Data Sources (Bento, XML, ODBC)
- Charting is limited
- Single Sign-On (SSO) is not available
- Using the keyboard arrow keys to navigate checkbox and radio button sets is not available
If that is something that interests you please contact us and we can talk about what it would take for us to get that up and running for you.