To enhance the mobile UI experience, you can also add objects such as slide and tab control buttons. Popovers can provide users with additional information or instructions when they click into a field. For instance, you can now add features that are common in mobile device apps such as popover buttons on fields. More Mobile Support Of course, as the tech works continues to go mobile, the team at FileMaker provided new ways to make apps more mobile-device friendly, especially with touchscreens. Custom themes and styles can be saved and then applied across multiple layouts and databases.
Version 13 introduces Styles-attributes such as color, font size, etc.-which are applied to database components such as fields, buttons and backgrounds. New Features Custom Themes and Styles FileMaker Pro 12 introduced 40 new (and gorgeous) layout themes. The basics of FileMaker have not changed significantly since we last looked at version 12 so this review focus on the key new features in version 13. XLS files and other file types as well as from XML and ODBC data sources.
In addition to creating a "from scratch" database app or using a template, you can also create a new, empty database and import data from. FP7 format can be converted to version 13 and then opened in the latest version. One caveat about getting started: Those currently using FileMaker databases should be aware that FileMaker 13 only works with databases created under FileMaker 12 and 13. You can use the solutions "right out the box," or can customize them for your business or personal needs. These templates, called "Starter Solutions" are pre-designed database apps that include apps for event management, product cataloging, time billing, and more. You can take a guided tour of FileMaker or read various guides on getting started and creating solutions.Įxperienced users can dive right in and create a new database or use one of the many database templates. Just a couple of clicks for the install, and the program opens to a home screen. Windows installation requires Bonjour, which is done automatically. OS X Snow Leopard and XP users are out-of-luck (and there is no mention in the specs about Vista support). However, the upgrade price is still $179.įileMaker is supported on OS X version 10.7 and up, as well as Windows 7 and Windows 8.
FileMaker Pro 12 listed at $299 for a full version. Prices for full versions have gone up a little. The Advanced version costs $549 for up to four licenses, and a single Server license is $1,044 (or $29 per year to rent a server).
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