Technical Brief

FileMaker Go 1.2.1 Technical Brief
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Therehasbeenaslightchangetothe“Recordchangedwhiledisconnected”errormessage.Theerror“Your
recordchangescannotbesavedbecausethisrecordwasmodiedbyanotheruserwhileyouweredisconnected.”
now has a revert button so that users know what they need to do to get out of the current state.
FileMakerGowillnowrecognizeleswithanextensionof“.USR”sothatruntimesolutionscanberecognized
and opened automatically by Go. A new file icon will be associated with the .USR files (the icon resembles the
FileMaker document icon on Macintosh and Windows computers).
FileMaker Server
FileMaker Go can access External SQL Sources in databases hosted on FileMaker Server or shared via FileMaker
Pro through the use of ESS (External SQL Sources). ESS is supported just as it is with FileMaker Pro using the ODBC
driver on the FileMaker Server machine or the FileMaker Pro desktop machine. Databases stored on the mobile
device cannot access SQL Sources directly because there is currently no ODBC driver for iOS devices.
InFileMakerServer,“Go1.x.x”or“Go_iPad1.x.x”appearintheAdminConsole.
Thereisnocountdowntimerin“AsktoClose”messagesfromthedatabasehost.Auserwillbepromptedtoclose
a file, and if there is no response after 30 seconds, FileMaker Go will close the file.
What’sOut
Schema Modification
Developerscannotaccessthe“Manage”menuoptionsincludingtheManageDatabasedialog.Alldevelopment
for FileMaker Go databases must be done in FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced. This includes modifying
tables, fields, security permissions, and relationships.
Layout Mode & Structure Modification
FileMaker Go has no Layout mode so developers cannot make changes to layouts or layout settings. Likewise,
there are no editing capabilities for scripts, custom menus, custom functions, and so on. A value list of custom
valuescanbeeditedsolongasthe“Alloweditingofvaluelist”optionisselectedwhenapplyingaeldcontrol
style. Modification or edits to other value list types are not supported.
Note that this also prohibits gaining access to layouts that do not appear in the layout menu. Such layouts can be
accessed in FileMaker Go using scripts or buttons for navigation.
Exporting
FileMaker Go does not support record exports. Only field contents can be exported.
Plug-ins
Plug-ins are not supported.
Cocoa
FileMaker Go does not provide access to the native programming environment for the iPad or iPhone because
Objective C and Cocoa Library elements in native applications are not available to developers.