Development Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro Advanced
- Chapter 2 Creating database solutions
- Chapter 3 Customizing database solutions
- Chapter 4 Debugging and analyzing files
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application with FileMaker Pro
- Index
Appendix A
Feature comparison of the runtime application
with FileMaker Pro
When you double-click the FileMaker Pro application icon to start the application you can create
a new database or choose a file to open. When you start a FileMaker
Pro runtime application, the
primary bound database file opens automatically.
Other key differences between the runtime application and FileMaker Pro include the following:
1 All the database design features have been removed or hidden in the runtime application.
This includes Layout mode and commands on the Manage submenu.
1 Custom functions and custom menus created with FileMaker Pro Advanced will work in the
runtime application, although users of the runtime application cannot modify or create new
custom functions or custom menus.
1 Some other menu commands have been removed from the runtime application.
For example, you can’t use the runtime application to create, open, or close a database. (Bound
runtime database files must contain a custom button or script to close or open other files. There
is no close command on a runtime database window.)
1 FileMaker Pro Help is not available in the runtime application. However, you can use the
custom menu feature to display customized Help text that you create.
1 Plug-ins can be enabled in the Preferences dialog box. The Allow Solutions to Install Files
option in the Plug-Ins preferences allows plug-in updates to install automatically. For more
information, see Help.
1 Although the XML Data filter appears as an option for the Convert File script step, you can’t
convert XML files using this script step in a runtime application.
1 FileMaker Pro File Sharing, serving a database on the web, or communicating with a Java
applet requires FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced. You can, however, use a compatible
version of FileMaker Server to serve runtime solution files.
1 Apple events are supported in runtime applications.
1 Runtime applications cannot be shared over a network.
1 Runtime applications do not include the ability to Save/Send Records as Adobe PDF files.
1 FileMaker Pro Advanced features are not available in the runtime application.
A runtime database can, however, be opened in either FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Pro
Advanced. The full functionality of these applications will be enabled, except if full access
privileges have been removed.
1 Runtime applications don’t support external SQL data sources (ESS), ODBC import, or the
Execute SQL script step.
1 Charts are not supported in runtime solutions.