New conditional elements can appear (or not) based on a field calculation, for example, a button that brings up a reorder form if a stock item falls below a certain level. This floating, heads-up display box allows you to drag and drop fields from your database directly onto forms. One of our favorite new features of FileMaker Pro 13 is the Field Picker. FileMaker Pro 13 introduces style sheets, making it far easier to for designers to maintain a platform-wide look and feel to their systems. The program has also added a number of new visual themes, bringing the total up to 50. But, because this is FileMaker Pro, they can be easily customized, enhanced and expanded for your specific needs. (Though there are MacOS and Windows versions of FileMaker’s desktop applications, you’ll need an iPhone or iPad to go mobile.) Having a FileMaker Server online can provide real time data in the field if you only have the desktop applications, you can sync your data through iTunes.įileMaker Pro includes a number of Starter Solutions, pre-built databases covering a number of basic business needs. These let you create device-aware forms and report layouts, serving up the most appropriate screen as needed. FileMaker Go 13, a free iOS app, lets you capture and retrieve data on the road, taking advantage of a wide variety of mobile APIs, allowing it to grab images, sounds, location and, new to this version, scan barcodes.įileMaker Pro has added a number of new design tools take even greater advantage of the multi-touch interface and greatly simplifies building layouts for specific devices. The desktop and server products can use ODBC and JDBC standards to connect with other data sources.
FileMaker Server 13 is a scalable solution, offering multiuser, mobile and web access. Stepping up to FileMaker Pro Advanced offers script debugging tools, optional AES 256-bit encryption and the ability to generate standalone applications. FileMaker Pro 13 serves as a foundation, providing a diverse suite of development tools as well as being the data entry and retrieval platform for end users. The newly released FileMaker 13 products offer even more power to mobile users while, simplifying life for the developers and designers who make those changes happen.įileMaker 13, like its predecessors, comes in several different forms. These days, that means making the data available not only when but where it’s needed. On the other hand, FileMaker’s greatest strength has been to make it possible for their customers (and their many partner developers) to stay on technology’s cutting edge. With business data rapidly going mobile, this is proving to be a real drawback. Once designed, most are difficult to update and can be almost impossible to change. FileMaker Pro: Growing Mobile By Ric Getterįlexibility has never been a core competency of business databases.
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