eWEEK Labs Walkthrough: FileMaker 9 Professional

October 23, 2007

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1eWEEK Labs Walkthrough: FileMaker 9 Professional

FileMaker 9 requires product activation, but its easy to deactivate the software for installation on a separate machine.

FileMaker 9 sports a quick start dialog that points users toward a variety of template database projects.

FileMaker 9 links up with SQL databases through ODBC drivers.

FileMaker 9 makes it easy to define relationships between native FileMaker and external SQL data sources.

As I modified my records, the changes appeared immediately on the Web interface of my Scuttle instance.

This autosave option dialog is a good example of the attention to usability on which FileMaker has built its reputation.

FileMaker 9 makes it easy to apply conditional formatting to its database forms.