If your users are making use of these features then they will need to adapt to using the upper status and application menus (for changing mode/status bar) or you may find that you will need to program in zoom control into your interface layouts. With FileMaker 16 onwards, in order to produce a more modern ‘app-like’ experience on the desktop, the footer bar which includes the ability to zoom in and out, change working view mode and show/hide the upper status bar has been removed. This usually means the file should simply open in the newer version of the application and there are less likely to be significant conversion issues with upgrading. Since FileMaker versions 12-18 share the same file format as version 19 there is no need to convert the file. Upgrading from FileMaker v12-v18 (.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 Claris FileMaker 19 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 the FileMaker platform. Note: This may be obvious, but PSOS will only work when your file is hosted in FileMaker Server 13.Claris FileMaker 19 is a significant upgrade to an already great platform custom app platform. You'll likely not see any improvement on a LAN (when you're ON the local network). Our tests with the Pro Calendar showed refresh times 10-40 times faster when using PSOS on a WAN (your mileage may vary). opening your file from outside your local network). Using PSOS can result in dramatic performance improvements in these types of operations when working over a WAN (i.e.

You can also avoid moving large amounts of data over the network, which is what normally happens when the client machine runs a Perform Find or an SQL query on a hosted file. So with some careful planning, you can have the server do a lot of the heavy lifting the client machine would normally have to do (finding, sorting, processing, other data manipulation, etc.). PSOS lets a client of a hosted file run a sub script on the server.

The 'Perform Script on Server' script step was introduced in FileMaker 13.

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