I note from the FileMaker Forum a developer wrote in February 2012 under the title “SECURITY ISSUE: Can’t Hide Data Viewer from User’s…” how the data viewer allows any user with a copy of Advanced app to view data in any field of any table in any non-admin/developer login account.
It is only FileMaker Pro 13 that has introduced the bug since the last version (perhaps the bug was ported over from FileMaker Go 11), Since April 2013, the issue has not been fixed properly across the full FileMaker Pro 13 product range by checking that the GetNthRecord function works properly.Ģ. So, on checking this with FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced I see the issue does not exist. This is a major problem for my clients in terms of financial information they need to work with in the databases. Whether the issue has been fixed in FileMaker Go 12, I observe in FileMaker Pro 13 Advanced that the issue remains and actually fails to show the calculation result from the 79th record onwards. FileMaker Support pages show a question from a developer titled “FileMaker Go – Calculations involving GetNthRecord fail after 29 records” and a response suggesting FileMaker Inc is aware of the issue since 10 April 2013. Of greatest concern are the following issues I have noted with FileMaker Pro 13 and confirmed by other developers:ġ. And the security of data in fields of any table is now compromised due to a security hole placed into the Data Viewer feature since version 10. We have lost Instant Web Publishing (IWP) in FileMaker Pro 13.
For a start, there are instability issues. However, since FileMaker Pro 10, I have noticed certain unwelcomed changes. And – does anyone at Filemaker care?ĭuring my time of developing databases since version 2.x (now this is going back some years), I have found FileMaker Pro to be an excellent application primarily for the ease in which databases can be created and the flexibility and useful features it provided. Now we are 2nd Class Pro 11 Business user in a Filemaker Developer world.
This reminds me of the bad old days of being a 2nd Class Mac Citizen in a Windows world.
Again, there is nothing we really the upgrade for – we would be spending money just to avoid being kicked off the upgrade path in the future. There is an upgrade path now but soon Filemaker will drop that for Pro 11 users as the pressure mounts to upgrade whether we need to or not. We cannot even try an upgrade to see how it fits because the new Filemaker will change the file format which makes files unusable for our Filemaker Pro 11 copies and server. Now, we are being progressively pushed to the back of the line as it impossible to upgrade Filemaker without spending thousands of dollars to upgrade the server and every Filemaker copy. We run our business on Filemaker and really don’t need any of these new features that appear to focus on developers. What Filemaker has done with changing the file format is totally frustrating.
“It remains to be seen whether, with the system requirements and licensing changes, those who manage corporate and organizational IT purchasing budgets will see it that way.įileMaker Pro 13 leaked on Apple’s Online Store – December 2, 2013įileMaker discontinues Bento – July 31, 2013įilemaker releases FileMaker Pro 12 for Mac and Windows, free FileMaker Go 12 for iPad and iPhone – April 4, 2012įileMaker updates FileMaker Go for iPhone and iPad with AirPrint support and more – April 20, 2011 “Overall, with features like Popovers, the new Field Picker, Slide Controls and WebDirect functionality, FileMaker 13 looks like a great upgrade for developers,” Alder writes.
seems to be taking a page from Adobe with annual fees for the software and are increasing their focus on selling annual licenses for ‘concurrent connections‘, whether they are FileMaker Go clients, FileMaker Pro clients or Web clients.” FileMaker has vastly improved the capabilities of Instant Web Publishing and renamed it WebDirect,” Alder writes. “One of the biggest changes is a new approach to licensing. When I read the system requirements, my heart sank a bit for some of my clients, running on older hardware, but then I started to research the implications of being able to run FileMaker on older hardware through a web browser using WebDirect and found some hope.” “There are some very useful new interface and development tools which will get developers excited about using FileMaker Pro 13. The marque features are the new WebDirect feature and a new licensing model based on concurrent connections,” Douglas Alder writes for HomeBase Software. “ FileMaker Pro 13 is now available from FileMaker Inc.