FileMaker Press Release
Market Responds Rapidly to New FileMaker Pro 8.5
Developers and software companies integrate new “live web data” features of FileMaker Pro 8.5 into new solutions and applications
Several companies have already announced products that take
advantage of FileMaker Pro 8.5 and are showcasing the new products
for the more than 1000 attendees from 30 countries at this
year’s FileMaker Developer Conference (
http://www.filemaker.com/devcon/
)
in Orlando, Florida.
As easy as bookmarking a web page, a live web page can now be
added to a record in a database using the new Web Viewer Control in
FileMaker Pro 8.5. Data in specified record fields, such as a
customer’s address or a product name, can drive the URL
in the Web Viewer. Set it up once and there will be a live web link
for every record in the database. There are already several
examples of deploying this feature at FileMaker’s Web
Viewer Gallery (
http://www.filemaker.com/products/fmp/wvg/
).
New products integrating the power and innovation of FileMaker
Pro 8.5
• ICE, from iSolutions
(http://www.isolutions-inc.com/ice/)
ORLANDO, FL (2006 FileMaker Developer Conference) – Aug.
14, 2006 – FileMaker today announced strong support from
database developers worldwide for FileMaker Pro 8.5, the first
desktop database to provide built-in integration with live web data
(
http://www.filemaker.com/fmp85pr
)
which the company shipped last month.
Key new products and services supporting the new FileMaker Pro 8.5
announced today include:
• Web Service Plugin, from
FMNexus (
www.fmnexus.com
)
• New versions of
Inspector, Account Manager, and Dragon Web Survey from FMNexus (
www.fmnexus.com
)
• FmPro Layout Diff, from
.Com Solutions, Inc. (
http://www.dotcomsolutionsinc.net/)
• SyncDeK Universal, from
World Sync, Inc. (
http://www.worldsync.com/
)
• Web service plug-ins
from Digital Fusion, Ltd. (
www.digitalfusion.co.nz
)
Developers Praise FileMaker Pro 8.5
Many developers and software companies who have already begun
using FileMaker Pro 8.5 praised its flexibility, power, ease of use
and its live web data features:
“The Web Viewer control in FileMaker Pro 8.5
provides developers with an exponential amount of layout
enhancement, all with just one feature,” said Cris
Ippolite, president of iSolutions, that announced a Flash-based
dynamic charting tool for FileMaker Pro 8.5 solutions
“Developers can now leverage not only interface elements,
but web-based functionality into their solutions with very little
to no programming. The Web Viewer brings extensible, instant
gratification to FileMaker layout developers.”
“FileMaker 8.5's Web Viewer has opened a new era
of FileMaker potential,” said Vincenzo Menanno, president
of FMNexus, that just announced Web Service Plugin. “We
built the Web Services Plugin to supplement the Web Viewer, so
developers can integrate direct calls from FileMaker to any web
service API as simply as defining a FileMaker
calculation.”
“The new FileMaker 8.5 layout object naming feature
makes it easier for developers to control the user interface of
their solutions,” said David Simpson, president of .Com
Solutions, Inc., which will preview a new product named FmPro
Layout Diff on Mac OS X, a tool that will quickly print, document
and compare FileMaker 7/8/8.5 layouts without requiring the
creation of a Database Design Report (DDR). “Instead of
creating an invisible field and then scrolling the display to that
field, developers can now simply scroll the display to any existing
layout object as long as the object has been given a name. This
feature reduces development time and means less clutter on the
layout.”
“FileMaker 8.5, with it's embedded Web Viewer
has had a radical impact on our development of SyncDeK,”
said Jason Erickson, CEO of WorldSync, Inc., which is showing a
beta version of SyncDek Universal. “Being a background
service that syncs and backs up data, SyncDeK is implicitly a web
service, but reflecting that in the user experience has always been
a challenge. Now, the entire user experience with SyncDeK is
through a browser, but right inside FileMaker -- it's
beautiful. The Web Viewer is going to be one of
FileMaker’s most important features. Coupled with the
product's increasing SQL support, the viewer can even be
used to manipulate data within the same FileMaker database, giving
developers the ability to create very powerful interfaces that
combine the rapid speed advantages of building forms in FileMaker
with the power of custom-built web pages.”
“The Web Viewer is absolutely a competitive advantage
when creating a solution or plug-in,” said Craig
Saunders, managing director of Digital Fusion, Ltd, which is
showcasing email, fax and web service plug-ins. “The
usability and convenience it delivers to view web content right in
FileMaker layouts raises the bar. But as developers, we always want
to push the envelope to see what we can really do, so we put some
AJAX driven content into the Web Viewer so AJAX should be talking
directly to FileMaker Server Advanced. FileMaker Web Viewer is like
magic because it works so seamlessly.”
New Publications about FileMaker Pro 8.5 Already Available
In addition to the rapid adoption of FileMaker Pro 8.5 by
developers, publishers are moving fast to deliver information about
FileMaker Pro 8.5. Just published are:
• Learn FileMaker Pro 8.5,
from Wordware Publishing (
www.wordware.com
), by
Jonathan Stars, a writer for FileMaker Advisor magazine, a
FileMaker Certified developer, and the author of four previous
versions of Learn FileMaker Pro from Wordware Publishing.
• FileMaker Pro Business
Applications - for versions 8 and 8.5, also from Wordware
Publishing (
www.wordware.com
), by Arthur
Evans, written primarily for small business owners and workgroup
managers.
• FileMaker 8.5
– Integrating the Web, from O’Reilly Publishing
(
www.oreilly.com/catalog/filemaker85/
), by Susan
Prosser, who is also co-author of the bestselling FileMaker Pro 8:
The Missing Manual.
Additional New Products Highlighted at FileMaker Developer
Conference
Other new products highlighted at the FileMaker Developer
Conference include:
• Excelisys, Inc. (
www.excelisys.com
) announced two new additions
to “eX-Files,” their line of FileMaker
Pro-based “Jump-Start” solutions: eX-Mailer and
eX-BizTracker.
• FMWebschool (
www.fmwebschool.com
) announced availability of
FXForge 3.0, CDML Converter for the FileMaker API for PHP, a new
book and free companion video series Custom Web Publishing with the
FileMaker API for PHP, Instant Web Publishing PowerPack application
for PHP servers, and Grab-it, a new plug-in.
• Life Success Institute (
www.lifesuccess.org
) announced a suite of
scheduling products designed for FileMaker Pro 8.0 and 8.5:
Schedula Daybook™ and Schedula Agenda™.
• myFMbutler (
www.myfmbutler.com
) announced AutoSender 1.5, a
messaging solution robot for e-mailing directly from a FileMaker
solution, and PrinterSwitch 1.5, a plug-in for Windows and
Macintosh for easy printer switching.
• NRG Software (
www.nrgsoft.com
) announced a new web component
to itsNRG Address Validation software that uses the FileMaker Web
Viewer to help verify addresses for postal recipients.
• Productive Computing (
www.productivecomputing.com
) unveiled the beta
versions of FM Books Connector plug-in and the Core2 CRM customer
relationship management solution.
• SeedCode (
www.seedcode.com
) annnounced SeedCodeContacts,
a series of templates that integrate contact management, project
management, and calendaring in an unlocked file.
• Troi Automatisering
released the Troi Text Plug-in (
http://www.troi.com/software/textplugin.html
)
is a very powerful tool for for dealing efficiently with text in
your FileMaker Pro database
Additional conference-related announcements included release of
FileMaker Pro 8 Essential Training” from online training
site Lynda.com (
www.lynda.com
),
availability of a selection of FileMaker training CDs from
FMPtraining (www.fmptraining.com), and FileMaker hosting and
dedicated server offerings from dbdom.com (
www.dbdom.com
).
See additional third-party news releases from the FileMaker
Developer Conference in FileMaker’s Newsroom at
http://www.filemaker.com/company/newsroom/news/third_press_releases.html
About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker Pro is used by millions of individuals and workgroups
around the world to be more productive and efficient. Business,
education and government customers rely on FileMaker to manage
people, projects, images, assets and other information. In addition
to being the number one-selling easy-to-use database software, the
award-winning FileMaker product line also includes low-cost
Applications that automate basic business tasks, ready-to-use
Starter Solutions, and tools to create and share solutions from the
desktop to the web. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple
Computer, Inc.
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