Since FileMaker versions 12-16 share the same file format as version 17 there is no need to convert the file. Upgrading from FileMaker v12-v16 (.fmp12 format) If you think any of the issues noted are a concern then you are welcome to contact our consulting team for assistance. Here is our quick guide of technical considerations to watch out for when updating from previous versions. While it is a given that one would immediately use the FileMaker 17 platform for developing a new custom App if starting from scratch today, there may be some work to be done if you are planning on upgrading from an older version of FileMaker. Also visit preferences dialog, where we have a checkbox to enable or disable this feature.As we have noted in our previous articles, FileMaker 17 is a formidable upgrade to an already great platform. If the search doesn't show up, please check whether you have the current version and not an older one. And whenever Claris redoes this panel in the future, our search feature will stop working. We even don't know which tab we are on, so we can check only whether the relationship graph is there and show our search field.

All the other controls got replaced and the plugin has no access to them. The feature basically is only possible for us as the relationship graph is an old style control and hasn't changed much since version 7 of FileMaker. Claris could built this into the product and do a better integration, but that is only on the wish list. There is only so much we can do from the outside. This is built on top of the dialog made by Claris. Then you can press Control-G to search again. You can press Control-F to move focus to the search field. And when we create the field, we generate two hotkeys: Control-F and Control-G. We hide the field, if you move to another tab.

But next time you open the window, it should be in the list: We populate the choices when the dialog opens, so if you just added a new table, it doesn't yet show up. We fixed bugs and added more functionality, so checkout the version as in version 13.1 of the MBS Plugin for both FileMaker Pro and Claris Pro:Īs you may notice the look changed a bit and it is no longer a text field, but a combo box, so you can popup the control and see the choices.

Since we added the search box for the relationship graph for Windows, a lot has improved. Search relationship graph for Windows improved

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