All versions utilize the current FileMaker Server version. All three versions of the database can coexist on the same network. FileįileMaker Pro 6 files share the same file format as FileMaker Pro 5 and 5.5 files. FileMaker 6 also includes substantially better XML import and export capabilities. The developers of FileMaker have also added some timesaving features like Format Painter and Custom Dialog Boxes for users and developers.
The templates also include some instructions on how to extend and customize them. They also follow a more “up-to-date” graphic design approach. These templates are better examples of the sophistication that is possible to build into FileMaker than the previous templates. The company has added more than 20 new templates for a variety of business, education and home applications. The most flashy of FileMaker’s new features involves improved data importing for digital image capture and file imports. When end users get out of their league in programming, there is strong support available from the FileMaker developer network. Because of it’s relative ease of use, it allows users to develop and maintain their own databases. FileMaker excels at Rapid Application Development and is a strong group ware development environment. FileMaker also runs on Windows XP and Windows 2000, Mac OS X and Mac OS 9, Linux (FileMaker Server only), Citrix MetaFrame, in a very limited way on Palm OS, and i-mode for smart phones in Japan. FileMaker on the other hand can go from single user to over 250 simultaneous users with a product called FileMaker Server and no code changes. Large Access databases end up using Microsoft SQL as a backend, often requiring programming changes. It is also supports more users in multi-user mode. FileMaker, while more limited in programmability than Microsoft’s Access database, is by most accounts easier to program. The company claims that there are over 7.5 million of copies of the program in use. FileMaker Inc., claims that FileMaker is the best selling database at retail level. Many long standing user and developer requests have gone ignored in this upgrade, but some very useful new tools have been added.įirst, a bit of FileMaker background. FileMaker 6, the latest version of the popular database product is both a welcome improvement and a disappointment.
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