Development Guide

Chapter 2 | Differences between FileMaker Go and FileMaker Pro 11
Date and time pickers
Differences in behavior between FileMaker Go and the desktop include:
1 Seconds or fractions of seconds aren’t available on the time/timestamp picker in FileMaker Go.
You can type seconds into the field. Scripted or calculated times will display seconds on the device.
1 On the iPad, the keyboard remains active while the date picker is active.
Custom menus (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
FileMaker Go doesn’t support:
1 removal of menu items that were removed on the desktop. The menu items are still displayed
in FileMaker
Go, but they are disabled.
1 additional menu items that do not map to existing FileMaker Go menu items.
1 override of the Quick Find menu item by custom menus, though you can override the quick find
behavior.
1 override of Save Record and Exit Record by custom menus.
1 display of an ampersand (&) in custom menu titles.
Printing
1 The print options that you set for a file in FileMaker Pro have no effect on the print options for
the same file in FileMaker
Go, and vice versa.
1 If you don’t specify page margins for a layout in FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go uses the printer’s
default margin, which might vary with different printers or different print drivers. You should
specify page margins if you’re printing a layout where exact spacing is important, like labels or
a preprinted form.
Saving records as a PDF file
When you save records as a PDF file, FileMaker Go uses the name of the window for the PDF
filename.
Exporting
By default, all manual export operations use UTF-8, except .xlsx, which uses UTF-16.
You must use the Export Records script step to:
1 select fields that are not on the current layout.
1 configure the output file character set.
Container fields
FileMaker Go doesn’t support:
1 the Inspector Data Formatting options Images or Interactive content. (Content in container
fields is displayed by the iOS like other iOS audio, video, and PDF files.)
1 setting up container fields to store data externally.
Display state of objects
FileMaker Go doesn’t display the Hover state for objects.