Filemaker 7?

ernst · August 15, 2003

http://www.thinksecret.com/news/filemaker7.html

Kurt Knippel · August 15, 2003

Hmm, very interesting.

Filemaker has been surprisingly tight-lipped about everything this year and this causes me to either believe that big things are in the works or that nothing is in the works. Let all think BIG!

Anatoli · August 15, 2003

I'll go with BIG!

When I complained last year on DevCon about some problems, the universal reply from FM crew was "wait for FM 7".

Also when I was local FM distributor some years ago, this version was promised as the "next" one (6!) and with Unicode.

DanBrill · August 15, 2003

Some of these would be very welcome changes, esp. in the area of security management. Multiple tables in one file isn't critical, but it would be nice if there were a way to hide minimized databases, or better control their positions. And they must take off the limit of 50 open db's at once.

Dan

gregincolumbus · August 25, 2003

Any news from Devcon about FMP7?:

andygaunt · August 25, 2003

Greg,

DevCon has only just really begun. I would expect news to start to travel later on today (if any)

If there is news... everyone who is attending is probably trying to get there heads around it first.

Shame FileMaker doesn'tt do a web cast of things like the Keynote presentation.

In this day and age you expect this sort of thing from a big conference.

If you want pictures, check out http://www.fmwebschool.com/august/fmdevcon.htm

gregincolumbus · August 25, 2003

Andy

Thanks for the link... I have been checking that out today. I figured the keynote ("The New Horizons of Filemaker") would be the big announcement. That should have ended about an hour ago. Not that I am impatient or anything:)

Greg

andygaunt · August 25, 2003

Greg,

I know that you would think the keynote would be the major announcement...but then you will have the FSA meeting where more information would be given out.

Also, no one knows what the software giveaway is yet...will it be a new version......or will it be 6.

Maybe they will give away beta copies of something new and exciting like they did in Orlando 2001 of FM Developer 5.5 to wet the appetites...and get all those developers at DevCon 2003 all wet (did I say that!!!) and excited! !!! !

Imagine the possibilities if they did that....all those developers with something new and improved..... the images it conjures are surely not PG13! !!! !! !!! !!!!

We unfortunates that could not make it this year will just have to wait for news.

Worse than xmas time huh! !!! !! !!! !

falkaholic · August 25, 2003

bah, the wait is killing me!

if FM 7 comes out with what is rumored, your right, it won't be PG13.

gregincolumbus · August 28, 2003

So there is literally nothing being covered in open sessions about FMP7? Man...what a total bummer:(

Jim McKee · August 31, 2003

Anyone know what location's been picked for DEVCON 2004? I'm praying it's here in Florida

CobaltSky · August 31, 2003

Hi Jim,

The 'official word' is that is is not yet decided.

I daresay it will be announced before too long though, so keep up your 'praying' - you just never know...

Jim McKee · August 31, 2003

Ray ...

I will do more than pray. I will make great sacrifices to the FileMaker, Inc. gods if it will get DEVCON 2004 located here in Florida. Maybe a few of my cherished, relic Macs stored in the attic (in their original packaging, I might add)

LiveOak · August 31, 2003

FileMaker Devcon 2001 was in Orlando at Disney World.

I think Advisor Publications tends to shop for deals for the conference. I sat at a table with a FM financial type (a worker bee). The indication was that the conference fee didn't cover all the costs, the balance was made up by FMI. The requirements for a conference tend to come down to a venue capable of 1200+ people and a non-union town (SF, Las Vegas, NY are all too expensive!).

IMHO, the Marriott Desert Spring resort was the best hotel and service I have seen for Devcon (I've been to the last 7 of 8 Devcons). Everything was on time, the restaurants were great, and the staff was absolutely wonderful. You can see why this is a Marriott 5 star resort. The rooms were $129 before tax (the standard rate for these rooms is $350).

-bd

Anatoli · August 31, 2003

I was at the Marriott Desert Spring and apart of wrong billing my CC instead of our company everything else was nice.

I would worry about tornadoes and hurricanes in Florida

jfmcel · August 31, 2003

Why not someplace more appropriate for the end of August -- like Bozeman Mont.?

LiveOak · August 31, 2003

I think the general idea is the more unconfortable the weather wherever DevCon is, the cheaper the rate.

-bd

Anatoli · August 31, 2003

Then it is Prague LiveOak

Great!

LiveOak · August 31, 2003

Actually, that sounds great! We (Steve, Kurt & I) missed you at DevCon this year. Quite a few Forums members dropped by the FM Forums booth to say hello.

Brent (-bd)

Ugo DI LUCA · August 31, 2003

That sounds great to me too. An hour fly or a few hours ride. Unless you were talking about Prague, AR

SEMJ · September 1, 2003

Yes but what about FileMaker 7? Someone on another forum found this page (Walmart Filemaker 7 page) giving a reference to a book for release this month. There must have been something said at the Developer Conference. Did they threaten the families of people who blabbed?

Anatoli · September 1, 2003

Release date of 9/30/2003 looks good. But what if that was the original release date for FM 7 and then FMI push that further away?

Ugo, I would prefer Prague CZ

Brent, to much work and the distance

It was easy from LA

I was there in my mind with you all!

Kurt Knippel · September 1, 2003

It look to me like that is version 7 of the book, since the cover does not reference any version of Filemaker. Also while what we saw at Devcon look fairly complete, they cleverly skipped whole areas of the application, probably not even done yet.

This book would have had to been written months ago and it seemed like the presenters had only had days or weeks to prepare for showing the new technology.

Bottom line, do NOT expect Filemaker 7 before middle of next year.

ernst · September 1, 2003

captkurt said:
what we saw at Devcon look fairly complete

Are you under 'non disclosure' or can you tell us more about this?

Curious Ernst.

Kurt Knippel · September 2, 2003

We are under NDA, sorry.

Anatoli · September 2, 2003

RE: We are under NDA, sorry.

No problem, it is great fun to paste bits and pieces together. I've started in 2000

falkaholic · September 3, 2003

more info. along the same lines. claims to be out before the end of the year.

http://www.macuser.co.uk/?http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/news_story.php?id=46874

jasonwood · September 3, 2003

I looked up that book on the publisher's database (I am a bookseller), and the status shows as "Backordered - Not yet Published

Anatoli · September 3, 2003

This is really funny:

'It might not matter too much to Mac OS X users, given that MySQL and PHP are both free SQL-based databases that work on OS X,' said one source.

My reply was: Kick that source in ass. If PHP is SQL-based database then I am Pope.

Ugo DI LUCA · September 3, 2003

I pretty liked the way Anatoli answer out of this forum. Glad you keep being a smart gentleman here Anatoli.

-Queue- · September 4, 2003

PHP is a database! Hahaha! I needed that laugh today, thanks.

dharlow · September 4, 2003

http://www.bordersstores.com/search/title_detail.jsp?id=53710743

If the image is not removed by the time you click on it you should see FileMaker 7 on the book cover. The same cover was on Amazon.com for awhile but then revised after it was posted to several forums. I believe that there is also another FileMaker 7 book showing on Walmart now.

Daniel

BTW the release date for this book has been revised several times.

CobaltSky · September 4, 2003

Hmmn...

"Sams Teach Yourself Filemaker 7 in 24 Hours"

Sheesh!...

Contrary to all expectation, FileMaker 7 must be going to be a huge downgrade if you can buy a book and learn it in 24 hours!!

jfmcel · September 4, 2003

Hmmn...
"Sams Teach Yourself Filemaker 7 in 24 Hours"

Sheesh!...

Contrary to all expectation, FileMaker 7 must be going to be a huge downgrade if you can buy a book and learn it in 24 hours!!

Hey, I can teach someone how to use FM 6 in about 30 minutes...

CobaltSky · September 4, 2003

Hello jfmcel,

If you can do more than scratch the surface in 30 mins, then you're clearly a genius and *you* should be writing a book - you'd put 'Sam' out of business in an instant!!

But I'm afraid I'm just not as clever as you. I've been working with FileMaker for more than a decade and I'm still learning.

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