Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About FileMaker documentation
- Customer support and Knowledge Base
- Update notification
- New version notification
- About the license key
- Requirements for features in Windows
- Requirements for features in the Mac OS
- Features not supported in Windows
- Features not supported in the Mac OS
- Converting the trial version to the full version of FileMaker Pro
- Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version
- Opening files from previous versions
- Updating your User Dictionary
- Installing under a volume license
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in the Mac OS
- Chapter 4 New features
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Registering FileMaker Pro
Please take a few moments to register your product. By registering your
software, FileMaker will be able to assist you in recovering your license
key if you ever lose it. You will also receive priority notification of software
updates, upgrades, and special offers. Follow the prompts to provide
your registration, product, and additional information.
If you are using the FileMaker Pro trial version, you must register your
software prior to use.
You can also register by choosing Help menu > Register
FileMaker
Pro.
Installing FileMaker Pro from the command
line
To install FileMaker Pro from the command line and create an installation
log file:
1. Insert the DVD into your DVD drive.
2. Open a command window.
3. In the command window, type:
E:\Files\setup.exe /v“/Lr C:\FMP12InstallLog.txt”
where E: is the DVD drive. If your DVD drive uses a different drive
letter, type that letter instead of E.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions.
The FMP12InstallLog.txt file will be located in the root directory of
your hard disk. You can view it with WordPad or a word processing
program.
About installing Bonjour
The Bonjour service enables automatic discovery of computers, devices,
and services on IP networks. You need to have Bonjour installed on your
system for remote hosts to be discovered.
If Bonjour is not installed or the service is not running, FileMaker Pro
can’t discover remote networks. For example, you won’t be able to view
hosted databases in the Open Remote File dialog box or display the list
of remote files to use as your external data source.
Without Bonjour, you have to manually enter the IP addresses for remote
databases.