Publisher's Description
From FileMaker:
FileMaker Pro 5 is the quickest, easiest way to get an organization organized. Easily create, share and manage information and projects with colleagues across the hall or over the Intranet. Take advantage of groundbreaking Instant Web Publishing capabilities that render database layouts on your Intranet with just one click - it's that easy. It's the ideal database to use with Microsoft Office for Windows and Macintosh.
What's new in this version: Adds support for native Mac OS X and Windows 2000 (logo-certified), enhanced connectivity with corporate data sources, and rich new Web publishing features.
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All versions:
2.9 starsout of 36 votes
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"Best database for the Mac."
Version: FileMaker Pro 11.0.3.312
Pros
Full featured, web integration, ease of programability, flexibility in layout and robust data protection.
Cons
Past updates have made some earlier versions incompatible or required much reprogramming. Hopefully, this will not be the case in the future.
Summary
Outstanding product
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"Good for big users I'm sure"
Version: FileMaker Pro 11.0.3.312
Pros
Many features
Cons
Be prepared to rewrite old scripts because they don't seamlessly update
Summary
For the small business user. Bento is too stripped down, Filemaker is too complicated
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"Easy to use powerful database system"
Version: FileMaker Pro 11.0.3.312
Pros
Ridiculously easy to use and format, ideal for 'fast and dirty' database programming, and can also be scaled up for robust bigger systems, or issued as runtime through Filemaker advanced
Cons
Slow! On most databases on modern computers you won't notice this. However, the code is not compact or optimised for an enterprise level solution. Migration to MySQL etc is data-only.
Summary
Most databases these days are Excel spreadsheets -- a highly risky strategy for any data of more than passing importance. Filemaker is vastly more powerful and functional, and only marginally less 'obvious'. It has a very high degree of control over forms and relations, as well as strong calculations and a serviceable scripting system. Filemaker has worked hard to create enterprise versions of it, using Filemaker Server. Although this is a robust solution, the speed doesn't match high-end enterprise solutions, although the costs are a lot lower. Vastly preferable to Access for many applications, and makes construction of a database as part of a project solution a fairly easy step, which can itself save months of work and specification. However, you have to take your own steps to ensure data robustness, as the 'anything can relate to anything' ease of use can easily produce results which are unexpected (ie, illogical).
Not had any problems installing any version.
Updated on Feb 11, 2011 -
"Updater Doesn't Work! Over priced application"
Version: FileMaker Pro 11.0.2.220
Pros
This is a great software but...
Cons
The updater doesn't work, it gives an error message telling that it can not find a valid copy of FileMaker Pro, even though I have it installed. Too expensive to buy.
Summary
This a great application and I can do a lot with it, but I never had the chance to buy it, I just tried the trial version, It's way too expensive.
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"Was no good for opening old version files"
Version: FileMaker Pro 11.0.2.220
Pros
no good for required purpose
Cons
no good for required purpose
Summary
Discarded it since it was of no use opening my old filemaker files
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"Updater does nothing."
Version: FileMaker Pro 11.0.2.220
Pros
None. Since "none" is too short a comment for CNET's system, let me change that to "absolutely none."
Cons
Doesn't install.
Summary
I don't like seeing a notice for an updater in CNET Tech Track and then finding that the updater doesn't update.
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"updater didn't work"
Version: FileMaker Pro 11.0.2.220
Pros
This category does not apply.
Cons
I wrote and called FMP. They could not help me get the updater to work.
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"Still has no real PostgreSQL support"
Version: FileMaker Pro 11.0
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
We have clients with database-served websites. We were planning to suggest they use Filemaker to connect to their site data hosted on PostgreSQL. We just checked in on this new version and it looks like you can still connect the slow way via ODBC but the faster, two-way pipeline that connects to other sources like MySQL still doesn't connect to PostgreSQL. With so many people bailing on MySQL we thought they'd get this added. Looks like it's a bunch of charts with a price increase. How frustrating. Guessing they're missing a lot of potential customers. -
"EFFICIENT DATA manager for my organisation"
Version: FileMaker Pro 8.5
Pros
Good ease of accessThe fact that data can be linked makes it splendidData sorting is practically easy
Cons
Data is autmatically saved, this will not give room for mistake(s), man is born to make mistakes
Summary
Same as in 4. Cons
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"Ok, the Best Programm for my Programm"
Version: FileMaker Pro 6.0v3
Pros
Ok, the Best Programm for my Programm
Cons
Ok, the Best Programm for my Programm
Summary
Ok, the Best Programm for my Programm
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