Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About this guide
- Where to find FileMaker documentation
- Customer Support and Knowledge Base
- Product notifications
- About the license key
- Backing up your FileMaker Pro download
- Requirements for features
- Converting the trial version to the full version of FileMaker Pro
- Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version
- Opening files from previous versions
- Automating the installation process
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
- Chapter 4 New features
- Chapter 5 Where to go from here
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Requirements for features
Using some features of FileMaker Pro requires additional software.
Converting the trial version to the full version
of FileMaker Pro
If you have installed the FileMaker Pro 15 trial version on your computer,
you can convert to the full version of FileMaker
Pro 15 by entering your
license key without uninstalling the trial version first. You can also convert
your trial copy by entering an upgrade license key and the license key
from an eligible earlier version. See
Help.
Feature Software requirement
Send Mail script step
using an email
application
A supported email application. See FileMaker Pro
technical specifications.
This requirement does not apply to SMTP mail.
Phone dialing
(Windows only)
Phone dialer or other Telephony API (TAPI)
compliant software.
ODBC and JDBC
features
FileMaker ODBC and JDBC drivers, which are
available in the xDBC folder in the installation disk
image and at h
ttp://www.filemaker.com/downloads.
OS X: ODBC Manager, a freeware product from
Actual Technologies (available at
http://www.odbcmanager.net
).
For more information, see FileMaker ODBC and
JDBC Guide and Help.