FileMaker 9

Whats New in FileMaker Pro 9?

On your mark, get set, connect!

Connect directly to the information you need every time you launch FileMaker Pro 9 with the new FileMaker Quick Start Screen. Whether you want to create a new database, open an existing database or learn more about using FileMaker Pro 9, you'll get to where you need to go faster than ever.

Learn more about the FileMaker Quick Start Screen

At-a-glance indicators

Connect to changes in your FileMaker Pro 9 data by visually formatting fields and objects based on parameters that you decide! New Conditional Formatting can be applied to fields, FileMaker Web Viewer objects, text objects, or text based buttons. Choose from a list of pre-defined conditions or create your own with a calculation for enhanced reporting. For example, you can now set future due dates to green and past due dates to red and bold.

Learn more about Conditional Formatting

Database sharing made even easier

In just a few minutes, you can be sharing your database with others 1. Just click on Send Link and FileMaker Pro will create an email with a simple hyperlink that when clicked on, will open your database. You can edit the email in your email client to add any additional instructions or information about your database for your users making it easier than ever for your users to connect to your database.

Effortless reporting

Whether you want to create an invoice to send to a customer or publish a report to your team, FileMaker Pro 9 makes it easy to create an Adobe PDF from your FileMaker data directly within FileMaker using PDF Maker, a feature introduced in FileMaker Pro 8. Now, with the new Append to PDF feature, you can combine multiple reports into one PDF and email the PDF to the recipients you specify, connecting them to the latest information.

Latest Updates

Stay current with the latest software with new Software Update Notification. FileMaker Pro 9 automatically checks for software updates weekly. All it takes is an Internet connection.

New! Connect to Your SQL Data

Easy SQL reporting

Imagine that you could connect to your organisation's SQL Server, Oracle and mySQL databases from one place and use the information without having to do any programming. Now you can! FileMaker Pro 9 creates secure easy one-way or two-way connections to External SQL Data Sources. The coolest thing about it? The SQL data acts just like FileMaker data. Create custom reports, add calculations and other fields, build relationships with existing FileMaker data � just using the easy-to-use tools of FileMaker Pro.

Learn more about connecting to External SQL Data Sources

New! Connect to Your Creativity

Super script organising

The more scripts you add to automate your solution, the more important it is to stay organised. That's why you'll appreciate how easy FileMaker Pro 9 makes it to group and edit your scripts with the new Script Grouping and Editing Tools.

Learn more about Script Grouping and Editing Tools

Creativity at your fingertips

Connect to your creativity! Now you can design better and more creative layouts with intuitive new layout object tools. Modify the tab sizes with the new Tab Control options. Add a status bar or display HTML content stored in your database with the new FileMaker Web Viewer options.

Learn more about Enhanced Layout Objects

One size fits all

Design it once. Use it anywhere. Layout objects, such as portals, tab controls, and the FileMaker Web Viewer, will scale to fit the screen or printer being used. With the new Auto-Resize feature, layout objects that you choose will resize or move in order to maintain a constant distance to the sides of the window or container that they have been anchored to.

More great features

FileMaker Pro 9 also includes these new and exciting features:

New! Field Level Spell Checking so you can turn on or off visual spell-checking for individual fields.
New! Multiple Undos and Redos so you can undo and redo more than once when editing text within a field.
New! Enhanced Toolbars, including the new Align Toolbar for faster layout design and an updated Standard Toolbar that includes buttons for PDF Maker and Excel Maker.
New! 10 additional Avery labels layouts including Shipping Labels ideal for packaging and printing postage.

Completely redesigned, FileMaker Server 9 and FileMaker Server 9 Advanced are easier to install, configure and manage than ever before. Also new: create PHP websites, centralize your SQL access and take advantage of the new features in FileMaker Pro 9.

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New! Admin Console
Redesigned from the ground up, the powerful Admin Console, available from any computer on your network, includes what you need to manage your server. Check the status of your databases, set up email notifications and server-side scripts, upload databases and manage Web Publishing, all from a single console. It's the most intelligent interface for sharing � ever!
Watch the Admin Console video
New! Connect to External SQL Data Sources
Make use of the new FileMaker Pro 9 feature that allows you to connect to External SQL Data Sources with FileMaker Server 9. Create secure live connections to Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL data sources, shared by all of your users, after a one-time setup on the server. There is no need to go to every FileMaker Pro client and setup the ODBC drivers and DSN. 1
Learn more about External SQL Data Sources
New! PHP Site Assistant feature
Publish data to external websites using the new PHP API now built-in to FileMaker Server and FileMaker Server Advanced. Use the new PHP Site Assistant feature, an easy-to-use site creation tool, to create data-driven websites.
Learn more about PHP Web Publishing
New! Email Notification
You'll always know when a backup had completed, a scheduled task has finished, or an error has occurred with Email Notification.
Learn more about Email Notification
New! Upload Database Assistant
Selecting the databases that you want hosted on FileMaker Server is easy as 1-2-3. The new Upload Database Assistant automatically validates that file permissions are correct and publishes the database to your users.
Watch the Upload Database Assistant video
New! Backup Schedule Assistant
Get even greater protection than ever against accidental data loss with the new Backup Assistant that creates backups of the databases that you want on the schedule that you choose, without having to take your database offline. New automated integrity testing alerts you if a backup is corrupt.
Learn more about Backup Schedule Assistant
New! Deployment Overview Graph
The Deployment Overview Graph, with new at-a-glance "Traffic Light" status indicators, gives you confidence that all parts of your server are up and running.
Learn more about the Deployment Overview Graph
New! Server-Side Scripting
Schedule selected FileMaker scripts to run on the server. New Server-side scripting is great for database maintenance tasks like data de-duping and field formatting.
Learn more about Server-side scripting
New! Super Fast Installation
Completely redesigned, FileMaker Server and FileMaker Server Advanced install all components, including PHP, in a single-machine configuration in 20 minutes or less, without the help of IT.
Watch the installation and configuration video
New! Software Update Notification
Stay current with the latest software with new Software Update Notification. FileMaker Server automatically checks for software updates every time you access the server's start page. All it takes is an Internet connection.