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FileMaker Pro 8 in development
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Apple subsidiary FileMaker, Inc. is hard at work on the
next version of its FileMaker database software suite,
which sources say is slated for announcement towards the
end of the year and will be rolled out as version 8.

Early builds of FileMaker Pro 8 were in extremely
limited hands until early April, when testing is said to
have expanded to a larger group consisting of a few
hundred more dedicated FileMaker Pro 8 developers and
customers.

FileMaker Pro 8 will feature a number of significant
technical improvements as well as more skin-deep user
interface and layout features. Interface enhancements
include the ability to create design-simplifying Tabbed
layouts and the create custom menus sans plug-ins,
limiting what users can see.

Sources also report that in a marketing maneuver,
FileMaker Developer will be renamed FileMaker Pro
Advanced. Features of the Pro Advanced version will
include the ability to copy tables within a file and
import tables between files and increased script
debugging capabilities, including being able to view the
contents of any field at anytime.

One of the more significant features of FileMaker Pro 8,
sources said, is the ability to save layouts in PDF and
Excel format. Sources also added that FileMaker Pro 8
will continue to use FileMaker Pro 7's file formats,
giving FileMaker Pro 7 customers the ability to upgrade
with minimal effort.






Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

I am happy to see that one of the features sorely needed in version 7
is being addressed and that is the ability to duplicate a table.

I love the capability of having all of the table in one file. It makes
it much easier to manage and prevents users from inadverdantly
moving/renaming a table file.

I am in the process of developing a comprehensive CRM database for the
company I work for and several tables are near duplicate of each other.
I resorted to printing a database report and have to manually duplicate
the fields. Major drag....

macxprt
FileMaker user since Nashoba Systems owned FileMaker!

CRM ? as in Cockpit Resource Management, if I may inquire.

rqo

"macxprt" <macxprt (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

And as we know ThinkSecret has been wrong before. I don't pay much attention
to what they write anymore.
Ofcourse there will be a version 8 sometime or oher. Until then it is simply
guessing what will be new / different
Ursus

"Helpful Harry" <helpful_harry (AT) nom (DOT) de.plume.com> schreef in bericht
news:250520051810007785%helpful_harry (AT) nom (DOT) de.plume.com...

CRM: Customer Response Management

But my question still exists... is it possible now in FM7 or is the
popular consensus that it will be possible in FM8 to duplicate tables
that are in the same file??

macxprt

In article <1118472617.299075.76560 (AT) f14g2000cwb (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
macxprt (AT) gmail (DOT) com says...
As I recall its actually

CRM: Customer Relations Management

But a debate about it would probably be fruitless and pointless.

It is not currently possible in FM7, but it is a feature that would
certainly be a 'nice-to-have'.

macxprt wrote:
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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California

FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

In article <1118472735.207966.187130 (AT) o13g2000cwo (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
macxprt (AT) gmail (DOT) com says...
Its possible now via 3rd party software. Yes the popular consensus is
that it will be possible in FM8. Its a silly feature to be missing, and
trivial to implement.

What 3rd part softwware will allow me to duplicate tables in FM7?