FileMaker Pro 12 Upgrade [Old Version]

Filemaker 12 does not have a lot of critically new or ground-breaking features from Filemaker 11. Most of the new stuff allows easier development of Filemaker solutions for iOS/mobile use with templates that already take into account screen sizes, etc for the iPhone and iPad. Of course it means paying a significant amount for the upgrade from v11 to v12 and it also means getting new versions of the iOS Go apps to run, respectively on the iPhone and another version for the iPad. These new versions are "free", as opposed to the $40 each for the previous iOS apps.Moving data between an iOS instance and a Mac instance is fine but synchronizing of data between iOS and the Mac version is still not implemented. Interoperability with Bento and Bento templates is still not addressed and looks like it never will be.Overall, not a bad evolution -and thankfully, pretty stable (maybe because not much has changed) however it's a lot to pay Filemaker to call it a full version upgrade. So it's a great product but not a great deal for existing Filemaker users to upgrade.

Are you into MySQL? Do you enjoy the flexibility of command-line access to your databases?If so, then go have fun with that. For the rest of us, then Filemaker is for you! I've been using Filemaker since the 'Filemaker II' days on my Mac SE and I love the continued improvement. Its so easy to create and edit databases, yet its powerful enough that I've created solutions to run multiple offices on for all their customer / user management needs.I use FMP as my own contact manager, and its great to be able to add new fields on the fly and be able to search and sort on them right away.I do have to admit that I haven't gone whole-hog into the FMP 12 upgrade yet, because they've changed the file format again, so its not backwards compatible. I still need that compatibility for working with other clients, so I'm holding off on moving everything to v.12 but I feel comfortable knowing it will be there when I'm ready.

I upgraded from Filemaker Pro 9, because of the time limit on upgrading from 9 to 12. I installed the program, and converted all of my databases to Pro 12. My Contacts database kept crashing after being converted to Pro 12, usually when I pasted text into a text field or sometimes when I clicked in the text field. Called Filemaker tech support who told me to use the Recover command, then export the records to a different file, clone the Contacts database (with no records), then import the exported records to the new cloned database. Even after doing that twice the database kept crashing. I then used the Contacts database which came as an example template and imported records into their own template database. The file still crashed often. Tech support said that Filemaker Pro 12 is much more sensitive to database corruption than Filemaker Pro 9, and that causes these errors and crashes. I finally decided that I liked Filemaker Pro 9 much more since it never crashed, and did everything I needed my Contacts database to do, and did not need the new features of Filemaker Pro 12. I returned the program because it was too unstable and highly inconvenient for day to day use. I would not recommend FIlemaker Pro 12, and I have used Filemaker for more than 20 years on Windows and Macintosh platforms. This upgrade was the worst that I can remember in many years.

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This upgrade works only with Filemaker Pro 9 and newer. If you have Filemaker Pro 8.5 or older, you have to buy an additional license key from the Filemaker store for $120. This makes the total cost the same as a full copy of Filemaker Pro 12.

Ex DB2 and ACCESS user - I'm loving my filemaker pro12Ease of use - great capabilities - especially great at formating reports

I have used FileMaker Pro or the earlier version for 25 years. It just keeps getting better. It is the easiest most flexible database ever.

Wonderful product.Since receipt, have finalized several needed databases.I do have one problem with labels though; contatination of words-impossible to complete a simple data line without the line being cut off or having the remaining letters being moved to another line on the label.

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