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 OS X
- Features not supported in Windows
- Features not supported in OS X
- 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
- Installation notes
- Installing FileMaker Pro
- Registering FileMaker Pro
- Installing FileMaker Pro from the command line
- About installing Bonjour
- About installing the Microsoft .NET Framework
- Where files are stored on your hard disk
- Uninstalling, modifying, or repairing FileMaker Pro
- Changing the FileMaker Pro cache size
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
- Chapter 4 New features
- New layout styles and theme saving
- Improved layout creation
- Improved layout design tools and controls
- Sharing and collaboration
- Integration with other applications and data sources
- Improved performance and usability
- Script steps, script triggers, and functions
- Changed and removed features
- FileMaker Pro 13 Advanced
- Chapter 5 Where to go from here
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Requirements for features in OS X
Some of the features of FileMaker Pro for OS X 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 OS X
In OS X, FileMaker Pro does not support the Dial Phone and Send DDE
Execute script steps.
Converting the trial version to the full version
of FileMaker
Pro
If you have installed the FileMaker Pro 13 trial version on your computer,
you can convert to the full version of FileMaker
Pro 13 without
uninstalling the trial version first. You can also upgrade your retail copy of
FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced version 10, 11, or 12 to the full
version of FileMaker
Pro 13 by entering an upgrade license key and the
license key for a previous version during the trial conversion process.
Feature Software requirement
Send Mail script step
using an email
application
OS X Mail or Microsoft Outlook
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 FileMaker ODBC and JDBC Guide and
FileMaker Pro Help.
Import files from
Bento
®
Bento 4 or a later supported version