New FileMaker Pro 11 Delivers Eye-Catching Charts, Easy Reporting and Improved Productivity Features

Innovative new ways to create, share and visualize databases
now available in FileMaker Pro 11

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – March 9, 2010 –FileMaker, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of FileMaker Pro 11(http://www.filemaker.com/r/fm11_pr) . Packed with new and innovative features led by charting, “on the fly” reporting, a new Quick Find capability, and a host of productivity tools for easier database creation, FileMaker Pro 11 makes using databases easier and quicker than ever.

For advanced FileMaker users and developers, FileMaker Pro 11 delivers many new features for creating professional solutions in record time.

Also available today with new features is the entire FileMaker 11 product line, which includes FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced, FileMaker Server 11 and FileMaker Server 11.... (read more)

OS Level Scripting and Account Privileges: A New FileMaker Server® 11 Feature

By:

Wim Decorte and Steven H. Blackwell



FileMaker Server and FileMaker Server Advanced both allow for the running of OS level scripts such as VB Scripts, Windows batch files, Shell scripts and AppleScripts. FileMaker Pro developers must manage privileges that such scripts require to execute properly in these instances. Because they are triggered by FileMaker Server they run in the Local System bubble on Windows and the fmserver bubble on Macintosh. Frequently these accounts do not have privileges that the OS level script needs to perform the action a developer might assign it. A frequently encountered example is copying files from the FileMaker Server machine to some other location on the network.

While there have been workarounds to address this issue, often times they are complex and convoluted. In the just released FileMaker® Server 11 Advanced, FileMaker, Inc. added the ability to specify alternate Accounts (and therefore alternate privileges) for OS level scripts. This however raises several new questions. We want to offer some suggestions for best use of this new feature.... (read more)