Finally, the oft-wished-for table importer is here, making it easy to duplicate existing table schemas and combine several FileMaker files into a single database. You can disable script steps, which helps in pinning down the source of a bug, particularly in combination with the improved Script Debugger, which lets you step through scripts line by line to find the cause of your problems. A data viewer lets you monitor variables so you can see how your development changes affect them. Finally, an importer lets you bring data into your database, creating a new table of fields on the fly – a considerable timesaver over the previous manual process for bringing in a complicated existing database.įileMaker Pro 8 Advanced (formerly called FileMaker Pro Developer) has a few extra bells and whistles to make developers’ lives easier. You can now create one or multiple emails using database fields, and even add an attachment if you like. With FileMaker’s PDF generator, you can add metadata (such as Title and Author) and specify passwords for opening, editing, and printing PDFs.įileMaker Pro 8 also adds an email-merge function that saves trips to the Scripts menu and prevents cross-platform pondering. While you can generate PDFs using OS X’s Print To PDF function, that method lacks many useful functions and is useless when developing a cross-platform database. Version 8 includes a powerful PDF generator. But CSV exports are often inaccurate with FileMaker’s new direct-to-Excel export, you don’t have to venture into CSV’s dismal and accident-prone world. In the past, exporting FileMaker data into a CSV (comma-separated values) file for use in Excel was often the first port of call for anyone wanting to dig deep into data. Excel’s analysis and presentation functions are better – and easier to use – than FileMaker’s. Previous versions of FileMaker Pro have lacked sensible data-export options, so FileMaker’s new ability to export directly to Microsoft Excel is a godsend. The newest version of the perennial FileMaker Pro database has few headline features, but lots of little improvements here and there combine to make your database-driven life easier.
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