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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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 and Send
DDE Execute script steps.
Excel export: Export to .xls requires Rosetta, which is not available on
OS
X Lion.
Feature Software requirement
Send Mail script step
using an email
application
Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, or Microsoft
Outlook 2011
This requirement does not apply to SMTP mail.
ODBC and JDBC
features
ODBC Manager from Actual Technologies (available
at http://www.odbcmanager.net), which is a freeware
product not supported by FileMaker.
FileMaker ODBC and JDBC drivers are available in
the xDBC folder in the installation disk image, and in
the FileMaker Knowledge Base:
http://help.filemaker.com/. For more information
about using ODBC and JDBC features, see the
FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide and
FileMaker Pro Help.
For more information about using third-party ODBC
and JDBC drivers, visit
http://www.filemaker.com/support/technologies.
Import files from
Bento
®
Bento 2 or a later supported version (available at
http://www.filemaker.com)