I am a single user creating a medical database for myself. I have FM7 Pro but have been toying with the idea of getting FM7 Developer. I am wondering about the significance of the "enhancements" that looking at the filemaker website include "custom functions, file maintenance tools, script debugger, customized solutions, and creating standalone runtime applications".

I think I will ultimately get it but I am curious if other users would recommend getting it ASAP or "whenever". Do other users find it beneficial for niche issues or are the additional features used alot and are a critical element?

Thanks,

Doug Lazenby

From what you describe, I do not think that you will find any use from Filemaker Developer.

I find the custom functions quite useful. However this depends on the complexity of your scripts. Some of the custom functions that I've found and developed have been related a lot with manipulating the data entered by a user to something more suitable.Essentially you could reduce some scripts to a custom function.

Script debugger is useful again only if your scripts are very large and complex and you find it difficulty to trace bugs.

Creating standalone is something that you would want if you wanted to createt a solution that doesn't require FileMaker installed on a user's computer.