Installation and New Features Guide (Windows)

Chapter 4: New features in FileMaker Pro
This chapter introduces the new features in FileMaker Pro 4.1 and
FileMaker Pro 4.0.
ODBC import
FileMaker Pro 4.1 enables you to import data via Open Database
Connectivity (ODBC). If you have ODBC drivers installed and
configured, you can import data from a number of ODBC-compatible
data sources, including Oracle databases. The drivers query the data
source using Structured Query Language, or SQL, to determine which
records are imported. See the next chapter, “ODBC import with
FileMaker Pro,” for more information.
Runtime feature support
In FileMaker Pro 4.1, you can see and use features enabled in the
FileMaker Pro Developer Edition application, such as Kiosk mode.
The Developer Edition helps database developers quickly create and
deploy standalone FileMaker Pro runtime solutions for their customers.
Using FileMaker Pro 4.1, you can open these runtime databases, which
have features previously unsupported in FileMaker Pro:
1 Kiosk mode
1 custom menus
1 master access removed
Note These features can only be implemented in the FileMaker Pro
Developer Edition software. For more information on the Developer
Edition application, please visit our Web site at http://www.filemaker.com.
Support for Kiosk mode
When runtime solution database files are created in Kiosk mode, they do
not display operating system and application interface elements. As in a
presentation or slide show, the FileMaker Pro menu bar and menu
choices do not appear and the screen surrounding the primary database
file is black, even when opened in FileMaker Pro 4.1.
Important Before opening a file in Kiosk mode using FileMaker Pro 4.1,
close any shared FileMaker Pro files.