Installation and New Features Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Before you begin
- About this guide
- Where to find FileMaker documentation
- Customer support, Knowledge Base, and Community
- Product notifications
- About the license key
- Backing up your FileMaker Pro download
- Requirements for features
- Converting the trial version to the full version of FileMaker Pro
- Upgrading FileMaker Pro from a previous version
- Opening files from previous versions
- Automating the installation process
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in macOS
- Chapter 4 New features
- Chapter 5 Where to go from here
Chapter 4
New features
See Help for more information on the following features.
Improved layout object editing
1 Layout Objects window – Use the Layout Objects window to view and work with all the objects
that are on the current layout. You can select, hide, and name objects, and change the stacking
order.
Improved usability
1 Windows: All document windows are now independent of one another, all can be positioned in
any available monitor, and each window has its own menu bar.
1 Enhanced Specify Calculation dialog box – For information about a function, click an item in the
functions pane, then click .
1 Accessing plug-in features – You can use external script steps provided by a plug-in to access
the features of the plug-in.
1 Copying and pasting value lists – You can now use standard keyboard shortcuts to copy a value
list and paste it into another FileMaker Pro file.
Support for JSON data
1 JSON parsing, character encoding, and cryptographic functions – You can use these functions
to process and encrypt JSON data exchanged with other data sources, such as web services
that have REST APIs.
Enhanced security
1 OAuth identity provider accounts – You can authenticate user accounts via third-party OAuth
identity providers that have been specified in FileMaker Server.
1 fmrest extended privilege – Allows access to a database file from a web service via the
FileMaker Data API (FileMaker Server only).
1 fmurlscript extended privilege – Allows users to run a script from a URL.
1 fmextscriptaccess extended privilege – Allows users to access solutions with Apple events and
ActiveX.
1 Interactive lock icons – When you open a shared file, click the lock icon to view encryption
information about your connection to the host.