12th May 2015
FileMaker 14 released
FileMaker, Inc. have announced the new FileMaker 14 product line up. As a quick guide:
New Features in FileMaker Pro 14 and FileMaker Pro 14 Advanced include:
Launch Center — Visually organize all your FileMaker solutions in one convenient screen.
Button bar — Create groups of buttons to use for navigation or in toolbars.
Button icons — Get 140 professionally designed icons to use in buttons to represent a variety of tasks.
Top and bottom navigation parts — Your navigation is always visible when scrolling through layouts.
New Features in FileMaker Go 14 for iPad and iPhone include:
New user interface — Get an iOS 8-style look for a consistent user experience. Plus, make your solutions full screen by hiding the user interface.
Set screen orientation — Lock the orientation of your layout in to build layouts specifically for portrait or landscape views.
Enhanced signature capture — Display the signature capture screen in portrait view as well as landscape.
Video and audio playback control — Play videos in a container field as well as in full screen.
Enable touch keyboards — Control whether or not the keyboard appears in your layout.
Rich text editing — Choose the size, color, and font of your text — includes bold, underline, and italics options.
New Features in FileMaker Server 14 include:
New features to use FileMaker solutions in a mobile browser and to stay connected to your data.
FileMaker Web Direct mobile browser support — Use your mobile tablet to get the power of a FileMaker desktop solution delivered in a mobile web browser.
Reconnect to server — If the network connection or the server goes down FileMaker Pro automatically reconnects to FileMaker Server when it’s available again.
Security enhancements — Set password strength and set up a password hint in the FileMaker Server Admin Console.
Standby server — If your primary server ever goes down, experienced server administrators can type in a set of commands via the Command Line Interface to switch over to the standby server.
More information on these features are available at the following web locations: www.filemaker.com/products/fmp/features.html
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Paul Cruse
Managing Director Cruse Control Databases Limited