Installation and New Features Guide

24 | New features
1 Enhancements to container fields – Improvements in data storage, file
metadata retrieval, and performance have been made to container fields.
1 File version management – Prevent a file from being opened with a
version of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go, or FileMaker Server that's
earlier than the specified version.
1 Summarize data as a list – You can use a summary field that produces
a list of values in a field from multiple records.
Script steps, script triggers, and functions
Script steps
Enhancements to script steps
1 Improvements to Edit Script dialog box – The Desktop option in the
Show Compatibility drop-down list has been replaced with
Macintosh and Windows, with the current operating system selected.
1 Default folder location – When you run a script that creates a file on a
hosted solution, the path and location default to your Documents folder.
This affects the following script steps: Save Records As PDF, Save
Records As Excel, Save Records As Snapshot Link, and Export Records.
1 Improvement to Show Custom Dialog script step – You can create a
button label based on a calculation.
1 Execute SQL script step compatibility – The Execute SQL script step is
compatible with FileMaker Server, FileMaker WebDirect, and Custom
Web Publishing when performed without a dialog box.
New script steps
1 Insert From Device – In FileMaker Go, enters content into a container
field from the following sources: music library, photo library, camera,
video camera, microphone, and signature. Also enters content into a
container field or a text field from a bar code source.
1 Open Manage Themes – Opens the Manage Themes dialog box,
where you can manage new or edit existing layout themes.
1 Perform Script On Server – Performs a script on the server that’s
hosting the current file.
1 Refresh Object – Updates the content, conditional formatting, and
visibility state for the specified object.
1 Set Script Animation – Enables or disables animations while a script is
running.
1 Upload To FileMaker Server – Opens the Upload to FileMaker Server
dialog box.