FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

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Networking and access privileges 7-7
Keep these points in mind:
1 Sorting, replacing data, viewing and printing summary report layouts,
and other calculation-intensive tasks performed on many records
affect the performance of the host and guest computers. Perform
these tasks on a small found set, or schedule tasks so they’re
performed during low usage periods.
1 FileMaker Pro saves the host’s sort order, find requests, and page
setup. If you’re a guest, you can save your settings by defining a
script. See “Storing settings for a script” on page 5-15.
1 With FileMaker Pro for Windows, you can combine information
from other applications using Object Linking and Embedding (OLE).
When you share FileMaker Pro for Windows files, users of
computers running the Mac OS can cut, copy, and paste OLE objects
as graphics, but can’t edit them. The following table explains how
OLE works with cross-platform networking in FileMaker Pro.
With this configuration You can do this
A computer running Windows is the
host and a computer running the
Mac OS is the guest.
A Mac OS–based computer is the
host and a computer running
Windows is the guest.
Mac OS–based computers are host
and guest.
Computers running Windows are
host and guest.
On a computer running the Mac OS, you can
view embedded and linked objects as graphics.
On a computer running Windows, you can
embed, link, and edit objects. On a Mac OS–
based computer, you view the objects
as graphics.
When you use FileMaker Pro to open a database
that has OLE objects, you view the objects
as graphics.
Host and guests can embed, link, and edit objects.
1 When you share a file with system formats that are different from the
settings on your computer, you can choose which formats to use. See
appendix B, “Working with international files.”
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E sharing files