FileMaker Pro 10 Expert Reviews

FileMaker Pro can organize any data in your home or work life: mailinglists, DVD collections, expense reports, personal budgets, and more.Since it scales up to business users, home users can be challenged byits slightly obtuse-although improved ...

Powerful sorting and relational features come from simple databases. Open-ended tool is practically limitless. Good tutorials and templates to get started. Can dynamically render Web pages within FileMaker Pro. Universal binary

Doesn't dynamically work with Address Book or iCal. Undo system sometimes gives multiple steps back, but often doesn't. Bento import doesn't retain those layouts or features

FileMaker Pro wields so much power that developers make careers out of custom-building databases. But even home users can access the majority of these features to organize and manage any data.

FileMaker has long been known for software that seems to do the impossiblemarry relational-database power with impressive ease of use. The $299 (direct) FileMaker Pro 10 solidifies that reputation. A dramatically improved interface with toolbars, ...

Vastly improved UI speeds development, especially for newcomers. Higher-end versions powerful, well suited for Web development

Lacks some features needed for building complex, corporate database applications

Whether you're prototyping or engaged in a full-blown database development project, FileMaker Pro 10 gives small businesses the right set of tools for many applications.

FileMaker's ease of use and powerful features are an unbeatable combination for home-office and small-business users.

Intuitive interface ; Integrated send mail capability

No built-in charts or graphs ; High upgrade price

Overall, FileMaker Pro 10 is an evolutionary upgrade to an already-great database tool that mostly focuses on usability improvements. But once you try it, you won't want to go back

There€™s something for everyone in the latest version of the Mac€™s most popular database tool. Thanks to the changes in FileMaker 10, developers can now be more responsive to user actions, while users can now customize certain aspects of the database ...

Status toolbar does more than the tools it replaces ; saved finds are helpful ; allows sending e-mail from within FileMaker Pro ; dynamic summary reports with editable data ; imports Bento libraries ; script triggers add flexibility for developers ; ...

Major changes to status toolbar will take some getting used to ; still no thin-client version ; standalone runtimes are single-user only ; standalone runtimes lack PDF-creation capability available when databases are opened in a full copy of the program

FileMaker comes in two editions, standard Pro and Pro Advanced. The latter has everything the standard edition has, with a few useful extras. Both versions can be used actively and passively—that is, developers can create and build new databases in ...

A streamlined interface makes this database easier to use

Redesigned interface simplifies many common tasks

The price will be rather steep for many individuals and educational users

It won't have Access quaking in its boots, but the improved ease of use and cross-platform support make Filemaker the best option for organisations that use both Macs and PCs

FileMaker is one of the world's leading databases. It's also especially popular on Mac OS, thanks largely to FileMaker being a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple. In case you're reading this review and don't have any idea what a database is, let me ...

A database is a collection of data which has been organised so that a computer program can quickly select desired items. This could be something as straightforward as a list of names in alphabetical order or an ascending list of numeric stock codes. ...

A streamlined interface makes this database easier to use

FileMaker Pro 10's ease of use and powerful features make it the database application of choice for home-office and small-business users.

Overall, FileMaker Pro 10 is an evolutionary upgrade to an already-great database tool that mostly focuses on usability improvements. But once you try it, you won't want to go back.

A new year brings with it a new release of FileMaker Pro. We take a look at version 10, to see just how well it performs.

Customisable Status Toolbar, Script Triggers, Expanded SQL Drivers, SMTP Emails, Database Creation from Bento 2 and Excel files

Layouts may need adjustment due to new Status Toolbar

Ever since the release of FileMaker Pro 7, we have been amazed at the innovation applied to each new release. Aside from breaking new ground with a two-digit version number, the FileMaker folks are showing us what they've learned from producing the ...

Script triggering and interface changes headline an upgrade that's good for developers and users alike