Installation and New Features Guide (Mac OS)

2-2 FileMaker Pro Installation & New Features Guide
FileMaker Pro 3.0 can be used with FileMaker Pro Server 3.0 for enhanced
performance and to allow up to 100 guests to share databases. FileMaker Pro
Server 3.0 supports simultaneous AppleTalk, IPX/SPX, and TCP/IP
networking with both Macintosh and Windows guests. Guests can use the
protocol of their choice to network with FileMaker Pro. (AppleTalk
networking is not available for Windows guests.) For more information, see
the documentation provided with FileMaker Pro Server 3.0 (available
separately).
Enhanced calculations
The enhanced user interface for defining calculations gives you easy access
to more than 45 new and improved functions. In addition, you control when
FileMaker Pro calculates the results, saving space in the database file. For
more information about calculations, see “Understanding formulas” in
chapter 2 of the
FileMaker Pro User’s Guide .
ScriptMaker enhancements
With the new script steps available in the ScriptMaker
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feature, you can:
1 control script execution (create If/Else and looping procedures, allow user
abort, capture script errors)
1
manage windows (freeze or refresh windows, toggle or lock the status
area, set the zoom level)
1
manage data entry (paste the result of a calculation, set the contents of a
field, perform a replace, revert the contents of a record)
1 dial phone numbers
1 show messages to the user
1 go to a related record or portal row
1 and much more...
Scripts can now be executed when a file is opened and/or when a file is
closed. You can use the
Duplicate button to quickly duplicate scripts or script
steps.
For more information about using ScriptMaker, see chapter 5, “Using
ScriptMaker and buttons,” in the
FileMaker Pro User’s Guide .