FileMaker Pro 9 (Win/Mac)

FileMaker Pro 9 is the #1-selling easy-to-use database software that helps you manage people, projects, assets and more the easy way! Its powerful database and award-winning design help you work faster and securely share information with Windows and Mac users over a network, across the web, and with popular formats like Microsoft Excel, Adobe PDF and SQL.

• 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 will get to where you need to go faster than ever.
• 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.
• 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.

1 User must have FileMaker Pro installed on their computer and must have access to the host computer.

• Easy SQL reporting- Imagine that you could connect to your organizations 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

• Super script organizing- The more scripts you add to automate your solution, the more important it is to stay organized. Thats why youll appreciate how easy FileMaker Pro 9 makes it to group and edit your scripts with the new 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.
• 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.

The Top 10 Things You Can Do Faster and Easier with FileMaker Pro 9:

1. Manage customers, clients, and vendors
2. Track project details and associated tasks
3. Access assets and inventory details instantly
4. Organize pictures, videos and other multimedia files
5. Print invoices, letters and mailing labels
6. Produce reports from SQL data sources in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Excel formats.
7. Create customized electronic forms that look just like your paper forms
8. E-mail the contents of virtually any field with a single click
9. View live Web information associated with your data from within FileMaker.
10. Share databases with Windows and Mac OS users simultaneously over a network or across the Web

FileMaker Pro 9: Version Comparison

FileMaker Pro 9: Overview

FileMaker Pro 9: New Features

FileMaker Pro 9: System Requirements

Minimum System Requirements

Mac

• Mac OS X 10.4.8 *
• PowerPC G3, G4, G5 or Intel-based Mac
• 256MB of RAM
• CD-ROM drive

Windows XP

• Windows XP Professional, Home Edition (Service Pack 2) *
• Pentium III 500MHz or higher
• 256MB of RAM
• CD-ROM drive
• SVGA (800 x 600) or higher resolution video adapter and display

Windows Vista

• Windows Vista Ultimate, Business, Home *
• 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or higher
• 512MB of RAM
• SVGA (800x600) or higher resolution video adapter and display
• CD-ROM drive

Compatibility

FileMaker Pro 9 databases use the same file format (.fp7) as FileMaker Pro 8 and FileMaker Pro 7, therefore databases can easily be shared between these three versions. Features specific to the newer versions, are only supported in the newer versions (e.g. The new External SQL Data Source feature, introduced with FileMaker Pro 9, is only supported by FileMaker Pro 9. )

Additional requirements (all platforms)

• Networking: TCP/IP: limited to nine simultaneous FileMaker client connections; each client requires a licensed copy of the software; See FileMaker Server 9 for increased capacity.
  Any computer accessing FileMaker Pro files over a network will need to have a licensed installation of versions 7, 8 or 9 of FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced.
• Instant Web Publishing: A host computer with continuous access to the Internet or intranet via TCP/IP (FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced can manage up to five simultaneous Instant Web Publishing sessions. See FileMaker Server 9 Advanced for increased capacity.)
• Web Browser Requirements: To use a database shared with Instant Web Publishing, Windows web users need Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.x or Firefox 1.x on Windows. On the Mac OS, web users need Safari 1.2.x (Mac OS X 10.3), Safari 2.0.x (Mac OS X 10.4) or Firefox 1.x only. On both platforms, some earlier versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Safari are blocked. Other Mozilla family browsers are not blocked but are unsupported and users will receive a dialog encouraging them to upgrade to a supported browser. JavaScript must be enabled in the web browser.

FileMaker Pro 9: System Requirements

Product information is advisory only. Specifications and compatibility should be checked with the manufacturer before order. Images are for illustrative purposes only.