

The history of FileMaker dates back to the early 1980s with four people who originally worked at Wang Laboratories. The rolodexes from FileMaker 1.0, FileMaker Plus, FileMaker Pro 1.0, FileMaker Pro 5.5, FileMaker Pro 7.0 and FileMaker Pro 15. Recent history is written from my knowledge of the industry. Glenn is a FileMaker developer and generalist who lives and works in Arlington, Massachusetts. Information regarding the early history of FileMaker is adapted from an interview with Spec Bowers by Glenn C. The Philosophy of FileMaker recommends PCI! Since the find takes a lot less time to process, FileMaker Pro Server will take care of it in one cycle and the user will never know another guest is processing a much more complex request. What FileMaker Pro Server does is work on each task for a short time. If another guest follows this long process with a simple find, they may get the coffee cup with regular FileMaker Pro as the host, since it can only process one guest at a time. For instance, if a guest sorts a million records to preview a report, this may take a while to process.

FileMaker Server actually does a little of each job that is queued. Using FileMaker Server as a host will probably eliminate the coffee cup icon, since it is multithreaded and can handle multiple jobs at once. This is different than the squiggly line cursor, which indicates the guest is sending information to the host. Email John Mark Osborne or call John Mark at (909) 393-4664 to find out more about this service.Ĭoffee Cup Do you see the coffee cup cursor icon a lot? This icon shows up in place of the arrow pointer when the host is busy and cannot process a request from a guest.

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