Maintenance, security and conversion utilities have all been improved.įileMaker Server 7 is coming early this summer. The built-in script debugger has been extended with new features, and runtime applications can be can be enhanced with new capabilities.
More custom functions have been added to FileMaker Developer 7, for example, along with better design database reporting. Databases run using FileMaker Server 7 can also be configured to use external authentication through LDAP and NT domains. Account and password security has been added, as well as role-based “Privilege Set” security. Security gets a major overhaul in this new release as well. You can also now open multiple windows in the same database. The use of the new relational architecture also makes it possible to store about 4,000 times as much content in a FileMaker Pro 7 database as well - it can handle up to about 8 Terabytes (TB) of data.įileMaker Pro 7 gains the ability to store and retrieve any kind of file, including documents, spreadsheets, PDFs and more, inside of new Container fields. The relationships between those data are maintained visually, using a map of the database that users can edit by clicking and dragging their mouse. FileMaker Pro 7 now makes it possible to store up to a million tables within a file. Perhaps of most significance is FileMaker Pro 7’s switch to a new relational database architecture.
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