New features in FileMaker Pro 15
FileMaker Pro 15 includes the following new features and improvements.
New field control
Improved usability
•FileMaker Pro Help – Help has been redesigned for easier access and use. Help requires an Internet connection, but you can download it and then use it offline. See
Using Help.
•Simpler software updates – When a software update is available, FileMaker Pro notifies you and allows you to download and install the update from within FileMaker Pro.
•Hosts search – Search for hosts in the Launch Center using the search box above the hosts list.
•OS X: Full-screen view and split view are supported in FileMaker Pro document windows.
•OS X: You can now open and close a pop-up menu with the Space bar.
Improved Script Workspace
•Check for problems in a script; problems are highlighted in the script editing pane. Importing or pasting scripts automatically checks for problems.
•A new preference allows you to display newly created scripts in the Scripts menu by default.
•Undo actions in the Script Workspace and the Specify Calculation dialog box.
Enhanced security
•FileMaker Pro can verify SSL certificates before performing actions that open a file hosted on FileMaker Server, import XML data via an HTTP request, or send email via an SMTP server using an encrypted connection.
•FileMaker Pro notifies you when a host’s SSL certificate cannot be verified. Choose to connect anyway, add the host to your permitted hosts list, or cancel. See
Setting permitted hosts preferences.
•Configure a solution to require users to use Touch ID or an iOS passcode before FileMaker Go can access its keychain. See
Setting file options.
Script steps
New script steps
•Truncate Table – Deletes all records in the specified table regardless of the current found set. Truncate Table may delete records more quickly than Delete All Records when you’re deleting a large number of records. See
Truncate Table script step.
Changed script steps
•Script steps that previously included the “Perform without dialog” checkbox now display the “With dialog” option inline.
•Convert File – You can choose to verify the SSL certificate of the server specified in an HTTP request for XML data. See
Convert File script step.
•Import Records – You can choose to verify the SSL certificate of the server specified in an HTTP request for XML data. See
Import Records script step.
•Send Mail – Verifies the SSL certificate of an SMTP server that is using an encrypted connection. See
Send Mail script step.
Functions
New functions
•RangeBeacons – Returns a list of iBeacons and their proximity to an iOS device. See
RangeBeacons function.
Changed functions
Changed and removed features
•OS X: FileMaker Pro can be run only as a 64-bit application. If you use 32-bit-only versions of plug-ins, ODBC client drivers, or audio/video codecs with FileMaker Pro, contact the provider for 64-bit versions of that software.
•Value lists displayed in pop-up menus – If you define a value list to show values from a second field, a field formatted as a pop-up menu now displays only the value from the first field and applies the data formatting for that field when the pop-up menu is closed. (This is the same behavior as for drop-down lists.) To display the value from the value list and ignore data formatting, select the new
Override data formatting with value list Inspector option. See
Defining value lists and
Setting up a field to display a pop-up menu, checkbox set, or other control.
•FileMaker Pro User’s Guide has been removed. The information from that guide is in Help.
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