FileMaker 15 What's New

The FileMaker 15 platform continues to be the leader in creating powerful custom applications rapidly for organizations all around the world while working seamlessly across Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone, and the web.

Kevin Hammond / Licensing, Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker WebDirect Phone Support

FileMaker WebDirect has been redesigned to be compatible with mobile phones. In the previous release, FileMaker added support for tablet browsers. FileMaker 15 takes it a step further by providing support for mobile phones. Although you could access WebDirect with a phone before, it was not officially supported, mainly due to dialogs being too small for user interaction.

Brendan McBride / Web, Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker iBeacons

FileMaker 15 provides us with the ability to interact with iBeacon devices using FileMaker Go. This means we can associate data in our FileMaker solution with physical locations and have our iOS devices access them via the iBeacon technology.

Weihao Ding / Free Downloads, Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker Licensing for Teams

FileMaker changes the licensing landscape again by adding FileMaker Licensing for Teams, or FLT for short. FLT brings simplicity to the FileMaker licensing platform by pricing per user instead of the concurrency model which they are phasing out.

David Happersberger / Licensing, Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker Server Top Call Logging

With the release of FileMaker Server 15 comes the ability to track the heaviest client usage periods. This new feature, named the Top Call Statistics Log, gives server and group administrators the ability to pinpoint the client requests that take the longest, allowing them to investigate any slowdowns in their systems much more quickly and efficiently.

Ian Haas / Hosting, Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker Go Touch ID & 3D Touch

FileMaker Go 15 incorporates many features new to iOS such as 3D Touch and Touch ID into its newest release. These features add even more security and convenience to FileMaker.

Bobby Vogel / Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker App Extensions

FileMaker has made it easier than ever to share data with other apps. With the introduction of app extensions for FileMaker Go we now have the ability to download images, word documents, spreadsheets and even a FileMaker database itself. App Extensions are a way to extend your app, providing users an easy way to exchange files with other iOS apps.

Mason Stenquist / Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker Portal In-Line Progress Bar

The Portal In-Line Progress Bar, one of FileMaker 15's new performance based features, brings with it the separation of a layout's non-portal and portal rendering tasks. This means users are no longer forced to wait for cumbersome portals to load before being able to interact with a window's content.

Damien Howell / Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker 15 User Interface

The FileMaker platform is a constantly evolving and improving ecosystem. The latest version of FileMaker has overhauled the user interface in a number of ways. The FileMaker application UI is extremely important because it is the backdrop of every FileMaker app. This round of updates increases the user experience with visual clarity, less text and visual noise on screen, more intuitive icons, and greater consistency of color.

Emory Brown / Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker 15 Security Enhancements

FileMaker has done it again. They are constantly improving the security features of the FileMaker platform to better serve its users. Now that FileMaker 15 has arrived lets review those changes.

Michael Westendorf / Hosting, Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker In-Product Updates

FileMaker 15 introduced a much welcomed improvement to the updating process: you can now upgrade your FileMaker Pro directly in Pro itself. Not only does this new feature align with FileMaker Inc's continued focus on security, by making it easier for users to get on the latest version, but it also lays the foundation for FMI to release minor updates more frequently. A win-win for everyone.

Jeremiah Kincaid / Claris FileMaker / May 10th, 2016

FileMaker Google Route Optimization

We go over how to use the Google Maps Directions API to arrange multiple locations to give you the best route possible. Save time and money by finding the most optimal route to your appointments. Let a third party such as Google help you with the Traveling Salesman Problem.

Brendan McBride / Free Downloads, Claris FileMaker / April 5th, 2016

FileMaker Server Connections Renewal Price Increase

The renewal price for FileMaker Server with concurrent connections will be going up to match the price of new licenses on May 12th, 2016. You have the opportunity to lock in another year (or two!!) of savings at the old renewal price before the increase officially happens.

David Happersberger / Licensing, Hosting, Claris FileMaker / March 23rd, 2016

FileMaker Google Calendar Integration

Having your own calendar inside of FileMaker is a great way for you and your coworkers to keep track of upcoming appointments. However, building your own calendar in FileMaker is a very tedious task. Why reinvent the wheel when there are already apps out there that you can integrate with? We demo how you can integrate your FileMaker solution with Google Calendar to take advantage of Google's powerful features.

Brendan McBride / Free Downloads, Claris FileMaker / February 2nd, 2016

Heat Maps in FileMaker

FileMaker is a powerful tool for data visualization. We will explore how you can use button icons to quickly construct a choropleth map, more commonly called a heat map. With this same technique, you can make pretty much any custom chart you can imagine. One could highlight parts of a car or other object, display health data on a human body, or illustrate an organization chart. The sky is the limit!

Emory Brown / Free Downloads, Claris FileMaker / January 6th, 2016