FileMaker Pro 7 Features and Capabilities

[DykstrL]

Capabilities:

8 tb file size

1 million tables per file

64 quadrillion records per table

2 mb of text per field

2 gb per container field

Security:

Centralized security

Account (Userid or groups) & password structure

Role-based privilege sets down to field level

Live security management

Scriptable account management

Internal/external (Active Directory) account management

Optional encryption of server/client data exchange

New Features:

Two-way, multi-level relationships

Multiple windows open

Definable window size

Open hidden (now supported on WIN)

Text style via calculation/validation/scripts

Definable/multiple Finds, Sorts, Print Setup in same script

New Script Steps:

Else If

Set Selection

Perform Find/Replace

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[Mariano Peterson]

Puuuuleeez! Take a look at the new script steps - these are elementary tasks which could have been easily implemented in FM6. However, the features were probably left out of 6 so as to have a few extra features to help spur sales for the rewrite that 7 represents. I mean, people aren't going to buy a new version just because it's been re-written. Customers pay for features, not architecture.

Set Selection - [color:"red"]The text manipulation functions are nice but trivial.

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Open Record/Request - [color:"red"]The transaction functions are extremely helpful, but please explain to me why these could not have been easily implemented in 6, which as it stands, was a relatively minor release.

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New Window - [color:"red"]Nice features, but fairly elementary for any MDI.

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