Filemaker Viewer?

[WVUFan]

I am creating a photo database that I want to burn to CD and send off to friends and family. Will they need to have Filemaker to view it or is there a "viewer" that I can have them download?

I am new to using Filemaker and appreciate your help.

Thanks,

 

[lebisol]

I am creating a photo database = so it IS a database!= so they will.
if you send them as HTML+images they don't need anything special to see them. If it is just a "presentational" aspect of the FM u want them to see then why not use small HTML file...
or send them just the photos and they can use

http://irfanview.com

(free) to view them even if they are in photoshop format or a tiff or whatever grapgics format u have....

is there a need for sending filemaker files?

I have not heard of "viewer"....but don't be lazy and make some HTMLs for your family !

good luck!

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[sabrinaduncan]

There is a program called FreePDF that converts just anything to a PDF. It's free. One catch is that is in German, but I figured it out.

You might also try the Fileville forums, although I never found them very helpful. Go to <

http://www.fileville.com>.

Personally, I would love for my organization to get rid of FileMaker completely. For us, it costs more than Access does. And Access doesn't crash half as much.

 

[dsimpson1]

A runtime version of FileMaker can be included on a CD - however this feature requires the FileMaker Developer product.

 

[svkingpen]

okay, I totally disaggree with the first user which replied to your message. First off, there are scores of reasons to organize photos in a database- sorting, searching, consistant formating, web-access, and many others. You don't need a viewr with FileMaker Pro.

FileMaker Inc includes a 'Developer Tool', with there Developer's version of FileMaker which will turn your database into a self running freely distributable database. The network features are removed, but there are way to put them back in if needed.


If you need further help, let me know....

FYI- there are developer tools to create both Mac and Windows versions of your database.

 

[lebisol]

svkingpen :First off, there are scores of reasons to organize photos in a database
--->
WVUFan: &quot;I want to burn to CD and send off to friends and family&quot;
--< now if they need to &quot;search the database&quot; to recognose photos of theor son....well....then yeah sorting and all...but then we are talkig about the &quot;system/application&quot; not just a &quot;file browser&quot; - which is what I understood form the post...anyhow
All the best!

> need more info?
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