About FileMaker Pro Advanced
FileMaker Pro Advanced contains a range of advanced development and deployment tools to speed up the development process and help developers produce FileMaker database solutions for work groups, websites, and stand-alone runtime applications.
In addition to all of the features that are available with FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro Advanced includes:
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Developer Utilities, for creating, customizing, and deploying runtime database solutions, and encrypting database files.
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Database Design Report feature, for publishing comprehensive documentation on structures or schemas of databases.
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Script Debugger, for systematic testing and debugging of FileMaker scripts.
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Data Viewer, for monitoring fields, variables, and calculations.
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Copy feature, for copying field schemas or table schemas. You can also import table. schemas to consolidate tables from a multi-file solution into one file.
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Custom Menus feature, for creating customized menus for a solution.
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Custom Functions utility, for creating custom functions for use anywhere within the solution.
Some FileMaker Pro Advanced features are further documented in the FileMaker Pro Advanced Features Guide included with the software and available at http://www.filemaker.com/documentation.
Related topics 
Customizing files with FileMaker Pro Advanced
Using FileMaker Pro Advanced tools
Maintaining and recovering FileMaker Pro databases
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