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We are now offering a FREE FileMaker Pro Upgrade Analysis (Conversion and Migration Analysis). A $1000-$2500 value.
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Database Development Services is about the closest thing to a FileMaker conversion appliance ever seen.
Theo Gantos
President, Teka, Inc
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You will be given a summary of all the issues and we help you determine the best option. For example, to rewite, leave as seperate files, or to consolidate the files.
The upgrade analysis requires all of your FileMaker Pro files (if your data is sensitive, make clones of the files first or delete the records/data before sending).
Why Have a FileMaker Conversion Analysis?
If you plan to continue to utilze your FileMaker Pro system you have to upgrade to the latest version eventually. FileMaker Pro 6 and prior are no longer supported by FileMaker Inc.
Did you know that one of the biggest FileMaker conversion problems is from multiple file references that need to be consolidated before converting to .fp7. You must use costly third party tools to consolidate FileMaker file references used in relationships and value lists. We address this first!
The second biggest conversion problem is trying to consolidate FileMaker Pro files into one file. Having a single file is one of the greatest benefits of the new version of FileMaker and leads to rapid development (lower costs), new features available (list of new features below), and easy management of user accounts. This is easy for us and proper steps should be taken in the FileMaker files prior to upgrading and converting to the latest version.
Ask for our FileMaker Conversion Upgrade analysis, discover the issues, and enjoy the new features of FileMaker Pro. We have consoldated small to very large FileMaker Pro solutions.
New features in FileMaker Pro 7, 8, 8.5, 9
- Store more multiple tables per file (make your solution one file)
- Tab controls, consolidate layouts into 1 layout
- Improved security, individual accounts with username/password
- Larger file size (up to 8 terabytes)
- FileMaker networking speed greatly improved
- Dyanmic variables, eliminate global fields variable usage
- Store any type of field in a container field
- Tooltips, hover over descriptions
- Add fields in a server environment
- Multiple windows per file
- Calendar Drop Down are native
- Custom Menus, build a Reports menu
- Custom Functions
- Multiple Undo and Redo
- Relationship Graph
- PHP API custom web publishing
- SSL enable FileMaker Server for network security
- Improved FileMaker Server console
- Native PDF creation support and ability to append to PDF
- Auto resize layout objects
- Web viewer, now display web pages inside layouts
- Export to Excel format (.xls)
- Auto complete fields for easier data entry
- Field level spell checking
- Conditional Formatting of Text, show different colors of text based on values
- Pair programming, more than one developer scripting at the same time
- Relationships support more than one field
- Value list support store key and display user friendly value to user
- Script parameters, make scripts universal, no need to have a seperate scripts for each button
- External SQL atabase support (mySQL, SQL Server, Oracle)
- Search date fields easier, (8/2008 will display all data in August)
And More...
Read our article FileMaker Pro Conversion Tips to understand the details of a FileMaker Pro Conversion. If you want to tackle the FileMaker upgrade conversion yourself, then the tips should help you along the way. Don't worry, its simple to us and we can help.
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