Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About FileMaker documentation
- Customer Support and Knowledge Base
- Update notification
- New version notification
- About the license key
- Requirements for features in Windows
- Requirements for features in OS X
- Features not supported in Windows
- Features not supported in OS X
- Converting the trial version to the full version of FileMaker Pro
- Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version
- Opening files from previous versions
- Updating your User Dictionary
- Installing under a volume license
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Installation notes
- Installing FileMaker Pro
- Registering FileMaker Pro
- Installing FileMaker Pro from the command line
- About installing Bonjour
- About installing the Microsoft .NET Framework
- Where files are stored on your hard disk
- Uninstalling, modifying, or repairing FileMaker Pro
- Changing the FileMaker Pro cache size
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
- Chapter 4 New features
- New layout styles and theme saving
- Improved layout creation
- Improved layout design tools and controls
- Sharing and collaboration
- Integration with other applications and data sources
- Improved performance and usability
- Script steps, script triggers, and functions
- Changed and removed features
- FileMaker Pro 13 Advanced
- Chapter 5 Where to go from here
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Integration with other applications and data
sources
1 Enhanced support for FileMaker Go – FileMaker Pro includes new script
steps, functions, and script triggers, as well as new layout themes
optimized for the iPad and iPhone, that support the use of FileMaker Go.
1 Container fields in ODBC and JDBC – When files are inserted in
container fields via ODBC or JDBC, FileMaker Pro can detect each file’s
format based on its file extension. See FileMaker SQL Reference.
1 SQL statements – FileMaker Pro supports range query syntax with the
FETCH FIRST and OFFSET keywords. See FileMaker SQL Reference.
Improved performance and usability
1 Getting Started tour – You can explore FileMaker Pro through this
interactive tour. Practice creating, modifying, and deleting records; and
learn about searching for data values and sorting records, displaying
data in charts and reports, and importing and exporting data between
files. You'll also get to know the rich features FileMaker Pro provides for
creating your own custom solutions.
1 Improved iOS device usability – Swipe with two fingers to move to the
next or previous record in FileMaker Go. Define text, number, date,
time, and timestamp fields to use a specific type of keyboard to let you
quickly enter values.
1 Importing data from a URL – You can use an HTTP POST request when
you specify a URL for importing from an XML data source, import XML
data using the Import Records script step or Convert File script step, or
insert data in a field using the Insert From URL script step.
1 New badges in Layout mode:
1 A badge on a layout object indicates that the object on which the
badge appears is a popover button.
1 A badge on a layout object indicates that a calculation has been
specified to hide the object when View menu > Show > Hide
Condition is selected.
1 Current record in List View – In List View, the current record is indicated
by default with a different fill from other records.
1 Automatic theme updating – FileMaker Pro loads the latest version of a
theme whenever you switch to Layout mode, switch to a different layout
in Layout mode, or change the layout's theme. During file recovery,
FileMaker Pro loads the same version or any newer version of a theme.