Filemaker Pro 11
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Software Summary
Manufacturer: FileMakerBrand: Filemaker Inc.
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: DVD-ROM
Release Date: 2010-03-09
Platform: Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: TY356LL/A
Product features:
- FileMaker Pro 11 is the leading, easy-to-use database software to help you quickly manage & securely share information through a network or over web
- Get over 30 professionally designed templates to help manage your tasks in minutes
- Build a database tailored for your unique needs--get started by just dragging and dropping Microsoft Excel data into FileMaker Pro
- Get step-by-step reporting tools to help manage and automate tasks--even easily create and email reports in Excel or PDF
- Safely share with both Windows and Mac users, plus over a network with up to 9 other users;
- Securely publish your databases to the web in a few clicks
Software Reviews of Filemaker Pro 11
Customer Review: FileMaker 11 ... Good value and upgrade to a solid product
Summary: 5 Stars
FileMaker 11 is a solid release that builds on the foundation laid by FileMaker 10. Many of the features specifically allow developers to create better databases more easily. Some of the biggest new features include:
* Built-in charting tools.
* Quick reports using table view.
* Miscellaneous development interface enhancements
Here's a run down of each feature in some detail...
* New Quick Start Screen - Along the right side are tutorials and resources for beginners. Favorites and recently opened databases are easier to get to.
* Inspector "Gadget" - One major change to the interface for developers is the use of "the inspector" palette. Similar to many other "modern" applications such as Adobe CS and Microsoft Office, FileMaker now has opened up many of the features previously hidden in dialog boxes into a palette they call the inspector. This takes a little getting used to, but once you've become accustom to the change, it's difficult to go back. The palette does take more screen space so having a large (or wide) screen for development is very helpful. It is possible to open more than one inspector window and display nearly all properties of objects all at once be it Position, Appearance, or Data information.
* Manage Layouts - Manage layouts can now organize layouts in folders and submenus similar to how we work with scripts! This is really helpful for databases with hundreds of layouts. You can also create new, duplicate, edit, and delete layouts there as well.
* Charting Tool - In the past, FileMaker required a plug-in or connection to a web site to get charts or graphs into a FileMaker database. Now it's built-in and well integrated into the tool including bar, area, line, and pie charts. You can create charts from the current record, over the found set, or via related records.
* Table View - The FileMaker table layout view now acts more like a spreadsheet and allows the user to add columns and summaries of information with flexibility and without modifying the underlying database structure. This is very easy to use and very powerful. With the right security options, users can add, modify, or delete fields from the underlying table or add, copy, duplicate, and delete records. You can also show or hide columns easily. In essence this allows the user to create ad-hoc reports very easily.
* Quick Find - The new Quick Find feature is a Google type search located in the toolbar that looks across all records and fields to gather a found set. It can be useful but it can also cause issues on more complex databases. It automatically indexes every field on the layout which can add a lot of overhead. I suggest you go into each layout and turn OFF all the fields for quick find. They all default to being included...which can make for some very slow "quick" finds. Then turn on only the most relevant fields to most searches. The fields that will search well are shown with a green search badge in layout mode.
* Report Assistant - Generally enhanced for appearance as well as making it easier to add a summary field to the database on the fly. FileMaker will also allow you to add a script on layout entry via a trigger.
* Recurring Imports - This feature really isn't anything that you couldn't do in the past...it's just automated a little more by creating a script for you.
* Text Highlighting - A simple and nice new text formatting option that makes it look as if you used a yellow marker to make the text stand out.
* Snapshot Links - You can now send a link to your database that includes the layout, foundset, and view via email. It sends this information as a .fpsl file that FileMaker can open and then take the user right to the same place you were as a point-in-time view of the database records.
* Portal Filtering - Without creating additional relationships, you can now show filtered related records directly through defining a calculation. This can go toward simplifying the relationship graph.
* External Table Security - Additional security prevents accessing tables stored in an external file.
* Layout Object Badges - Layouts show a more visual information on fields now that can be helpful when developing a solution.
* Invoice Starter Solution - The invoice starter solution included with FileMaker is now quite useful. It tracks contacts, products, and invoices and relates them all in one database file. This will be a good place for some businesses to start using FileMaker.
* New Script Triggers - There are now a couple of new script triggers: OnObjectValidate, OnLayoutExit and OnViewChange.
* New Variable Uses - You can now use variables in find script steps and on layout merge fields. This can be very helpful in creating a localized solution where the field labels must appear in more than one language.
* New IWP Toolbar (Instant Web Publishing) - Even though IWP has limited usefulness, the toolbar has been updated to be more similar to the toolbar within FileMaker itself.
* Misc Interface Improvements - You can do more functions within dialogs where before you needed to back out of the dialog in order to complete the task. This goes a long way toward speeding up development. FileMaker icons are now purple and pink...more like Mac OS Leopard...out with the blue from FileMaker 10.
There are a couple of features that are specific to enhanced developer version of FileMaker called FileMaker Advanced:
* Custom Menus - The custom menu building interface is easier to use.
* Import Custom Functions - Now you can now import custom functions! You can't copy and paste them yet but now you can easily build a library of custom functions in a file and pull them into your solution without recreating each function from scratch.
FileMaker Server has some improvements also. They include:
* Easier installation and administration.
* Better statistics and easier access to them through the admin console.
* Backup file clone allows you to save the database structure automatically through a schedules script.
* Save and load schedules when migrating to new hardware. This will also save time when upgrading to the next version of FileMaker server.
* Specify user account when running a script on the server.
* Set time limits for script schedules.
* No limit on the number of users...bumped from 999 to whatever.
* Administrative user groups. In a large corporate environment with a shared server, you can now assign administrative access to specific databases only and not the entire server.
There you have it...an overview of all the new features in FileMaker 11. Overall, I highly recommend this upgrade for all FileMaker users. It's a great value and welcome upgrade.
If you're still trying to force Excel to be a database tool and need to share and make your critical business data more useful and accessible, there's never been a better time to invest in FileMaker. If you're already a FileMaker user, this is a stable and helpful upgrade.
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Tim Cimbura is chief technology guru at [...], LLC. He uses his expertise to help businesses become more effective, productive, and profitable through the use of FileMaker databases, Apple products, and web site consulting and development.
Description of Filemaker Pro 11
FileMaker Pro is powerful, easy-to-use database software that helps you and your team get any task done faster on Windows, Mac, and the web.FileMaker Pro is powerful, easy-to-use database software that helps you and your team get any type of task done faster. Millions of people in business, government, and education use FileMaker Pro to effortlessly manage all their information on Windows, Mac, and the web.
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Tackle Any Task on Windows, Mac, and the Web
Chart a whole new course for your data
FileMaker Pro 11 comes with brand new features to help you create eye-catching reports, boost your productivity, and build better databases.
Create eye-catching reports with FileMaker
Charts using bar, line, area, and pie charting styles. Make reports in a familiar spreadsheet-like format, or build customized reports with the improved Layout/Report Assistant. Set up Recurring Imports with your Excel or text files. Plus save your data as Snapshot Links to create personal reports or collaborate with other.
Boost your productivity every day with new tools to help you build and use your databases more easily including Quick Find, Inspector, Object Badges, improved Quick Start Screen, a new Invoice Starter Solution, and text highlighting.
Build better databases faster with new features for the more experienced developer such as Layout Folders, Portal Filtering, scripting enhancements, file security, and variables in find requests and merge fields.
Tackle any task
Get over 30 professionally designed templates to help manage your tasks in minutes.
Create custom databases
Build a database tailored for your unique needs. To get started just drag and drop Microsoft Excel data into FileMaker Pro.
Produce reports
Get step-by-step reporting tools to help manage and automate tasks. Even easily create and email reports in Excel or PDF.
Share in a couple of clicks
Safely share with both Windows and Mac users. Plus share your databases over a network with up to 9 other users.
Publish data to the web
Securely publish your databases to the web in a few clicks. Create surveys, registration sites, customer feedback forms, and more.
Top new features in FileMaker Pro 11
Get more innovative features to help you create databases like never before:New--FileMaker Charts
Create eye-catching reports using bar, line, area, and pie charts.
New--Quick Reports
Create reports in a spreadsheet-like format. Group and summarize data on the fly.
New--Recurring Import
Automatically import Excel and text files every time you open your database.
New--Quick Find
Search for information just as you would in a web browser.
New--Inspector
Manage your layout tools all in one convenient place.
New--Layout Folders
Organize layouts into folders with easy drag and drop.
Why FileMaker Pro?
- Cross-platform--use on both Windows and Mac OS
- Works with your Microsoft Excel files--just drag and drop
- Built-in peer-to-peer sharing over a network
- Easy web publishing in just a few clicks
Get results in minutes
FileMaker Pro 11 comes with more than 30 ready-to-use Starter Solutions to help you get started fast. Simply open a solution and start adding information, or import your existing data from many popular formats.| Asset Management Contact Management Document Library Email Campaign Management Event Management Expense Report Faculty Staff Family Records Field Trips Home Budgets | Inventory Invoices Issue Tracking Lending Library Movie Library Music Library People Management Personnel Records Photo Catalog Product Catalog Purchase Orders | Recipes Registration Research Notes Resource Scheduling Student Emergency Card Student Records Task Management Time Billing Time Cards To Do List |
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