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FileMaker Pro features by version
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• In Windows, move the scripting windows outside the FileMaker Pro application window.
Menus inside these scripting windows allow you to manage and edit your scripts.
• Origination information in Help – Each script step, script trigger, and function description
includes the version of FileMaker
Pro in which it was created.
• Function and script trigger name changes:
• Get(PrivilegeSetName) function changed to Get(CurrentPrivilegeSetName).
• Get(ExtendedPrivileges) function changed to Get(CurrentExtendedPrivileges).
• Get(PortalRowNumber) function changed to Get(ActivePortalRowNumber).
• OnLayoutLoad script trigger changed to OnLayoutEnter.
• Enhanced user interface (Mac OS) – The appearance and behavior of Mac OS dialog
boxes have changed in order to better reflect Mac
OS X standards.
• “Available menu commands” setting in default privilege set – To further refine security, the
setting for “Available menu commands” in the default privilege set (used when creating a
new privilege set) is now Minimum.
FileMaker Pro 11.0 Advanced
• Custom menu user interface improvements – The user interface was enhanced in order to
make creating and managing custom menus and custom menu sets easier and more
intuitive.
• Custom function copy/paste/import – Copy, paste, and import custom functions in the
custom functions list; and copy, paste, and import custom functions between files.
• Enhanced Script Debugger – Debug scripts called by buttons and custom menu items.
FileMaker Pro 12.0
• FileMaker Pro themes – The FileMaker Pro architecture has been redesigned to support
rich, beautiful layout themes. You can easily change the theme by choosing from the
Layouts menu in Layout mode.
• Layout object formatting – FileMaker Pro provides greater control over object formatting
with features such as gradient fills, image fills (including scaling and slicing), transparency,
object states, and rounded corners. Rather than setting default object formatting with no
objects selected, use themes to set object formatting. You can remove styles from selected
objects and control changing themes with multiple undo.
• New layout assistance tools – In Layout mode, dynamic alignment guides, guidelines that
drag out from rulers, and control over the grid give you visual cues to help you design new
layouts and modify existing ones. Multiple undo and redo let you experiment and refine with
ease.
• Screen stencils – In Layout mode, you can click to display guides that help you
design layouts optimally for iPad, iPhone, and common desktop resolutions, or set custom
dimensions.
• Improved accessibility – FileMaker Pro supports assistive technology and the ability to
access the FileMaker
Pro document window and objects on layouts using the keyboard and
screen readers. With the new Accessibility inspector, you can add accessibility labels to
layout objects, which are then interpreted (for example, read aloud) by users’ software
screen readers. Also, you can create accessible runtime solutions (with FileMaker
Pro
Advanced).