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
8 | Before you begin
Requirements for features in OS X
Some features of FileMaker Pro for OS X require additional software.
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 14 trial version on your computer,
you can convert to the full version of FileMaker
Pro 14 without
uninstalling the trial version first. You can also upgrade your retail copy
from some earlier versions of FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced
by entering an upgrade license key and the license key from some earlier
versions during the trial conversion process. For more information about
these options, see Help.
Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous
version
If you are upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version, FileMaker
recommends that you upgrade to the new version before uninstalling the
previous version.
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, see FileMaker ODBC and
JDBC Guide and FileMaker Pro Help.