Installation and New Features Guide

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Requirements for features in the Mac OS
Some of the features of FileMaker Pro for the Mac OS require
additional software.
Features not supported in Windows
In Windows, FileMaker Pro does not support the Perform AppleScript
and Speak script steps. It also does not support importing files from Bento.
Features not supported in the Mac OS
In the Mac OS, FileMaker Pro does not support the Dial Phone, Insert
Object, Send DDE Execute, and Update Link script steps.
Opening files from previous versions
FileMaker Pro 11 can open files created in earlier versions of
FileMaker Pro. See FileMaker Pro Help for information.
Feature Software requirement
Send Mail script step
using an email
application
Microsoft Entourage or the Mac OS Mail email client software
Note This requirement does not apply to SMTP mail.
ODBC features ODBC Manager from Actual Technologies (available at
www.odbcmanager.net) or Apple’s ODBC Administrator
Tool for Mac OS X. For Mac OS X version 10.5, ODBC
Administrator is installed as part of the operating system.
For Mac OS X version 10.6, ODBC Administrator is
available at www.apple.com/support.
For more information about using third-party ODBC
drivers, visit www.filemaker.com/support/technologies.
FileMaker ODBC drivers are available in the xDBC folder
in the installation disk image. For more information about
using ODBC features, see the FileMaker ODBC and JDBC
Guide and FileMaker
Pro Help.
Import files from
Bento
®
Bento 2 or a later supported version (available at
www.filemaker.com)
Insert QuickTime
movie and image files
QuickTime 7.5 software (available at www.apple.com)