(ProVue’s Panorama database has had this for a long time.)Īs a data-modeling fanatic and notorious killjoy, I worry that FileMaker Pro 11 may have made things easier here than they should be.
And since you are actually working in browse mode, you can start entering data at the same time. As soon as you name a new database, you start defining fields right in Table View. Table View is now the default view for new databases. The most obvious changes to the user interface in FileMaker Pro 11 are found in Table View, where you see fields as columns and records as rows, much like you would in a spreadsheet. (There are two server products, FileMaker Server and FileMaker Server Advanced, which are not covered in this review.) UI improvements
In the rest of this review, everything I say about FileMaker Pro should be understood to apply to Pro and Pro Advanced. Otherwise, Pro and Pro Advanced are very similar products-in fact, FileMaker Pro remains a remarkably powerful development tool. FileMaker Pro Advanced has a few utility features that matter to full-time database developers: a debugger, a database analysis tool, the ability to create custom functions, custom menus, and more. FileMaker 11 may be the best FileMaker ever.įor the uninitiated, the the database half of FileMaker family consists of FileMaker Pro and its big brother, FileMaker Pro Advanced. FileMaker 11 also puts many cool database tricks within the reach of ordinary users. A year after the release of the FileMaker 10 database program, version 11 has arrived, with new tools and great new features that make it even easier to use.
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