Prevent other FileMaker files from accessing the data and schema in your custom app. Notifications warn users before loading an unsigned plug-in. Within the Plug-in SDK, developers are able to digitally sign plug-ins. The streamlined Manage Security dialog box allows you to be more efficient in managing access to your custom apps.Įnsure your plug-ins come from a trustworthy source before they are automatically loaded by your FileMaker app. This new privilege allows developers to offload account access management to other team members without needing to provide full access to any other parts of the file. The limit can be lowered or raised using this function. The default limit is 50,000 iterations to more easily stop a recursion or loop from running indefinitely. Set the maximum number of iterations for recursion and loops within an expression. This calculation function repeats logic while the condition is true, then returns the result, replacing the need for some recursive custom functions. Use a preview script step to write information about script errors to a log file. Now you can more easily debug your workflow automation. Replaces the need for many file-based plug-ins. Use the XML file to more easily compare changes and updates to your custom app.Ĭreate scripts that read, write, and manage external data files to write log files or export data in a custom format. Use a preview release script step to save a copy of a FileMaker file as XML. Open a specific custom app when launching FileMaker Pro Advanced. Provide better app discoverability for your users. And specify custom delimiters when importing certain file types. Use type ahead instead of drag and drop for greater efficiency. More easily map imported source data to FileMaker fields using the new Import Field Mapping dialog box. What's New New user interface for importing data

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