Installation and New Features Guide

Chapter 4
New features
This chapter provides you with an overview of the new features and
improvements in FileMaker
Pro 8.5 and FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced.
New features in FileMaker Pro 8.5
New features in FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced
Note Web viewers are supported in the runtime application.
For more information on this feature See
Using web viewers to access websites such as
FedEx
®
or Google
™
from a layout
Help
New Set Web Viewer script step to control web
viewers
Help
Web Viewer Example database with sample
records and data to show you how you can use
web viewers. Note that you must have an
Internet connection to use this database.
FileMaker Pro 8.5/
English Extras/
Examples/Web Viewer
Example folder
Web page with resources for web viewers www.filemaker.com/
web_viewer
Assigning names to layout objects (such as
buttons, portals, and tabs in a tab panel) using the
Info palette (formerly known as the Size palette)
Help
New Go to Object script step to navigate to a
named object
Help
New List function to return the concatenation of
all non-blank values in list form using one field
or multiple fields
Help
New LayoutObjectNames function to return a
list of all the named layout objects in a specified
layout
Help
New Get(ActiveLayoutObjectName) function to
return the name of the layout object in the
calculation’s active window
Help
New GetLayoutObjectAttribute function to
return the requested attributes of the specified
layout object in the calculation’s active window
Help
New GetAsURLEncoded function to return the
specified text in a text expression or text field as
URL encoding, for use as a URL
Help
Enhancements to the RelationInfo function Help
Re-sort indexed values based on the sort order
for a specified language
Help
For more information on this feature See
Enhanced Database Design Report, including
properties for new features in FileMaker Pro 8.5
Database Design Report
XML Output Grammar
PDF, available on
www.filemaker.com/
downloads
Updated example plug-in and API for XCode 2.2
that work on either PowerPC-based or Intel-
based Macintosh computers
FileMaker Pro 8.5
Advanced ReadMe
For more information on this feature See