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2-2 FileMaker Pro Installation & New Features Guide
Improved networking
You can now use the Preferences dialog box to choose the network protocol
that FileMaker Pro uses to communicate over a network. For more
information about setting this preference, see “Choosing a network protocol”
in chapter 1 of this manual.
FileMaker Pro now ships with TCP/IP support for Macintosh and Windows.
For more information about networking, see chapter 1, “Installing FileMaker
Pro,” in this manual.
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 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 open the Preferences dialog box