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32 Getting Started Guide
Relaxed rules for mapping fields and relationships when
importing scripts
When you import scripts, case is no longer significant for matching
field names and relationship names, and relationship keys are no
longer compared. Fields will map if the field types are the same and
the field names are the same, regardless of whether the field name is
uppercase or lowercase. Relationships map regardless of the case of
the relationship name.
Dynamic field name matching in data import scripts
Field names are matched dynamically when the View by matching
names Import option is selected, even with scripted data imports.
Previously, FileMaker Pro matched the field names once and stored
the results with the script. Now FileMaker Pro matches field names
each time the Import Records script is run and View by matching
names is the import order.
Import more graphics file formats
FileMaker Pro 5.5 now supports more graphics file formats across
platforms.
Increased productivity with FileMaker Server
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If you have full access privileges and are the sole guest of a
database hosted from FileMaker Server, you now have access to the
Define Fields dialog box directly from the guest machine. You don’t
have to close the database in FileMaker Server and reopen it locally
in FileMaker Pro.
1 FileMaker Pro 5.5 allows you to create solutions that automatically
download missing or updated plug-ins to a guest's machine from
FileMaker Server 5.5.
1 You can now allow Idle guests to remain connected to a hosted file.
This new feature prevents idle guests from being disconnected from
FileMaker Server hosted files if the file has been opened, on the
client, with a password that prevents idle disconnects. For example,
this prevents users from being disconnected from a file that is being
hosted on the Internet by a client that is used as a web server.
1 LDAP directory service enables you to quickly locate
FileMaker Server on the network.
Prevent users from changing passwords
FileMaker Pro 5.5 allows you to control whether users can change a
password. It’s common for many people to use the same password to
access a database. This new feature prevents one user from keeping
all other users from gaining access to a database.
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