Installation and New Features Guide (Windows)
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1: Installing FileMakerPro
- About this guide
- Registration and customer support
- What you need to install FileMakerPro
- Before you begin
- Installing with Windows95 or WindowsNT4.0
- Installing with Windows3.1, Windowsfor Workgroup...
- Updating your User Dictionary
- Where files are stored on your hard disk
- Adjusting the FileMakerPro cache
- Adjusting network software
- Opening files from previous versions
- Where to go from here
- Chapter 2: New features in FileMaker Pro
- Appendix A: Installing Win32s
Installing FileMaker Pro
1-3
You can use one of the following solutions to share files on a PC or
cross-platform network. See the documentation that came with
Windows or your network card for more information.
Web publishing requirements
To publish a database on the Web using the FileMaker Pro Web
Companion, you need a host computer with access to the Internet or an
intranet via TCP/IP. The host computer must be either a PC running
Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 or later, or a Mac OS computer.
Note
Web publishing in FileMaker Pro 4.0 is not supported under
Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups.
Important
Access to the Internet requires an Internet service provider.
FileMaker Pro does not provide an Internet account for you.
Requirements for advanced features
Some of the advanced features of FileMaker Pro 4.0 require
additional software.
The DLL and the API files are normally installed with a Typical
installation of Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0.
Windows 95 Windows NT
Windows for
Workgroups Windows 3.1 Mac OS
TCP/IP
(recommended
for Mac OS)
Microsoft TCP/IP Microsoft TCP/IP Microsoft
TCP/IP-32 version
3.11b
Network
TeleSystems
TCP Pro 3.0 or later
MacTCP 2.0.6 or
later or Open
Transport 1.1 or later
IPX/SPX
IPX/SPX -compatible
Protocol (Microsoft
implementation)
Microsoft NWLink
IPX/SPX Compatible
Transport
Novell NetWare
Client Software Shell
version 3.26 or later
Novell NetWare
Client Software Shell
version 3.26 or later
MacIPX version
1.3.1
FileMaker Pro 4.0
advanced feature Software requirement
URL support URL.DLL
Open URL script step URL.DLL
Send Mail script step MAPI (Mail API) enabled email client software
Phone dialing Phone dialer or other TAPI (Telephony API) compliant software
Instant Web Publishing URL.DLL
Custom Web Publishing HTML editing software, such as Claris Home Page 3.0 software.
Web browser software is suggested to view your work.
IntelliMouse support IntelliPoint software (included with the IntelliMouse)