Installation and New Features Guide

20 Installation and New Features Guide
1 Portal improvements
You can now add fields to a portal as you create the portal, and portal
rows are maintained when exiting portals.
Redesigned status area
Scripting improvements
It is now possible to pass a parameter to a script. New script steps
include:
1 Steps for manipulating windows, for example, New Window and
Move/Resize Window
1 Steps for managing accounts, for example, Add Account and Reset
Account Password
1 Other steps, for example, Else If, Set Selection, Extend Found Set,
and Constrain Found Set
New functions
New functions have been added in the following categories:
Aggregate, Design, Get, Logical, Number, Text, Text Formatting,
and Timestamp.
Calculation improvements
Improvements include: more precision, improved error handling,
local variables, and comments in calculations.
Web publishing improvements
The Instant Web Publishing interface has been redesigned to look
and function like the FileMaker Pro desktop application.
Configuring a database for Instant Web Publishing is easier because:
1 You can publish any number of FileMaker Pro layouts directly to
the web. You are no longer restricted by a limited number of
predefined web views. This streamlines database design because you
can develop one solution that works for all clients.
1 Access to data, layouts, and fields is based on user accounts and
passwords, as in the desktop application.
1 Web users can perform complex, multi-step scripts. More than 70
script steps are now supported over the web.
Instant Web Publishing features a status area with toolbar icons and
buttons, providing all the functionality web users need to interact
with your web-based solutions:
1 In Browse mode, web users can create, edit, duplicate, and delete
records.
1 Find mode allows more flexible and powerful searches—web
users can now perform multiple find requests, omit search criteria,
and extend (broaden) or constrain (narrow) existing find requests.
1 Web users can work with data on any layout and layout view—
they are no longer restricted to predefined views and forms for
editing and finding data.
1 Web users can dynamically change the layout view for the current
layout to interact with data in form view, list view, or table view.
1 Default field values are now populated over the web when records
are created.
Layout pop-up menu
Book
Slider
Mode tabs