Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About this guide
- Where to find FileMaker documentation
- Customer Support and Knowledge Base
- Product notifications
- About the license key
- Requirements for features in Windows
- Requirements for features 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
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in OS X
- Chapter 4 New features
- New user interface for creating scripts and calculations
- New Launch Center window for opening files
- Improved layout design tools and controls
- New themes and improved style handling
- Improved performance and usability
- Script steps, script triggers, and functions
- Changed and removed features
- FileMaker Pro 14 Advanced
- Chapter 5 Where to go from here
26 | New features
1 Get(TriggerGestureInfo) – Adds compatibility with FileMaker Pro for
Windows.
1 Get(WindowContentHeight) – Adds compatibility with FileMaker Go.
1 Base64Encode – Adds support for encoding text in Base64 format.
1 TextFont and TextFontRemove – The fontScript parameter has been
removed.
Changed and removed features
1 Predefined iPhone layouts and stencils – To accommodate the larger
menu bar in FileMaker Go, predefined layouts and screen stencils for
3.5-inch and 4-inch iPhone have been replaced by the iPhone options,
which are 20 pixels shorter.
1 Insert QuickTime – The Insert QuickTime command and script step
have been removed. Use the Insert Audio/Video command and script
step instead.
1 Fonts options – The Fonts tab has been removed from the Preferences
dialog box and replaced by a new Inspector option, Synchronize with
field's language. This option changes the input method based on the
default language set in the Options for Field dialog box.
1 New Default Script – The New Default Script option has been removed
from the Specify Script dialog box. To create a new script in the Specify
Script dialog box, use the + button.
1 Importing Bento data – FileMaker Pro no longer imports Bento data. For
more information, search the FileMaker Knowledge Base available at
http://help.filemaker.com
.
1 Classic theme – The Classic theme is no longer available to choose in
the Change Theme dialog box. However, when you convert a file
created with versions earlier than FileMaker Pro 12, the Classic theme
is still applied to layouts.
1 FileMaker Pro Advanced Features Guide – This guide has been
removed. The information from this guide is now in Help and
FileMaker Pro User's Guide.
1 FileMaker Quick Start Screen – The Launch Center window replaces
the Quick Start Screen.
FileMaker Pro 14 Advanced
1 Microsoft .NET requirement for runtime solutions – Runtime installers
for Windows must install the required version of Microsoft .NET if it is not
present.