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Chapter 2: New features in FileMaker Pro
This chapter introduces the new features available in FileMaker Pro 3.0.
Relational database capability
FileMaker Pro 3.0 supports relational features that you can use to display the
contents of a field from another database file. You can display records from
the related file in a layout of the current file.
A
relational database is one or more discrete database files that contain all
the data you need to do your work. In a relational database, each occurrence
of data is stored in only one file at a time, but you can access and work with
that data from any file.
For more information about relational databases, see chapter 10, “Using data
from related files,” in the
FileMaker Pro User’s Guide.
Object linking and embedding (OLE)
Now you can use OLE 2.0 with FileMaker Pro. Using OLE, you can combine
information from other applications with information in FileMaker Pro files.
You can also use drag and drop to move objects between files.
You can store an OLE object in a container field or place it on a layout. If the
OLE server supports editing, you can edit the OLE object in FileMaker Pro.
For more information about using OLE with FileMaker Pro, see appendix D,
“Linking and embedding objects,” in the
FileMaker Pro User’s Guide .
In this relational database, the Customer layout displays invoices from the Invoices file.
The two files are related by the Cust ID field.