Installation and New Features Guide

30 | New features
1 More layout themes — Choose new layout themes in the New Layout/
Report assistant to enhance your reports.
1 Sort order — See new records appear in sorted order when you add
records to a found set.
Sharing and collaboration
1 Additional support for ODBC data sources (also known as external
SQL sources or ESS) — Display, access, and use data from SQL
tables in Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11g, and MySQL 5.1
Community Edition. Define value lists using fields in ODBC data
source tables. Use Windows authentication (single sign-on) to access
ODBC data from Microsoft SQL Server. Accurately access
SQL-supported timestamp data from ODBC data sources.
1 Microsoft Excel 2007/2008 — Import data from and export data to
Excel 2007/2008 format files.
1 Better support for importing data from Bento 2 (Mac OS) — Use
standard import procedures in FileMaker
Pro to transfer information
from a Bento 2 (or a later supported version) data source to a
FileMaker
Pro file.
1 SMTP-direct email support — Choose File menu > Send Mail or use a
script to send email messages directly from FileMaker
Pro files
without using email client software.
Scripting
1 Script triggers — Specify that a script runs when a specific event occurs,
such as when a user or script enters, changes, or exits a field; when a key
is pressed; when a field is modified; or when a record is committed.
1 Scripting user interface improvements — Use the Manage Scripts
feature (formerly ScriptMaker) to display a default script you can use
as a starting point for writing your own scripts, see whether individual
script steps are supported in web publishing or in FileMaker Server
schedules, and more. The Manage Scripts dialog box no longer opens
in a maximized state when the FileMaker
Pro window is maximized.
1 Error reporting improvements — Control script steps no longer clear
the last error condition reported by FileMaker
Pro.