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New features in FileMaker Server 9
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New features in FileMaker Server 9
FileMaker Server 9 includes the following new features and improvements:
All-new Admin Console
• Start from almost any networked computer. No installation required.
• Same user interface on both Windows and Mac OS.
• Configure and administer all FileMaker Server components from a single administration
application.
Run server-side ScriptMaker scripts
• Schedule a ScriptMaker™ script in a hosted database to run on FileMaker Server. See
Running ScriptMaker scripts
(page 131).
Upload databases
• Upload Database assistant enables you to upload databases to FileMaker Server from
almost any networked computer. See Uploading database files
(page 33).
• Upload multiple databases at once.
• Requires administrator login.
Receive email notifications
• Get an email message when scheduled backups and scripts complete successfully. See
Enabling email notifications in schedules
(page 147).
• Know when FileMaker Server logs errors and warnings. See Email notification settings
(page 57).
Publish data to external web sites using PHP
• Custom Web Publishing with PHP enables you to access FileMaker data from a PHP web
application. See Hosting PHP websites
(page 45).
• The FileMaker API
for PHP provides a FileMaker-supported, object-oriented interface to
FileMaker databases.
Create server-based connections to external SQL data sources
• Host FileMaker Pro databases designed to connect to external SQL data sources via
ODBC
.
• Set up connections on FileMaker Server to external data sources. Clients of FileMaker
Server need no special drivers
or set up. See Accessing external ODBC data sources (page
105).
Other features
• View detailed information about clients and the databases they are using. See
Administering clients
(page 88) and Administering databases (page 93).
• Remove databases from FileMaker Server using Admin Console. See Removing hosted
files (page 100).