Talk:FileMaker

message: This article begins by stating that FileMaker is "cross-platform" but makes no mention versions other than for the Mac. -- Viajero 14:53, Aug 29, 2003 (UTC)
There is also a windows version of FileMaker. That should be added. --SeanO 22:11, Sep 6, 2003 (UTC)
:Surely these are covered by the info box? Barefootguru 01:31, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Crossplatform?

message: The links section is not only growing all the time, but at 35 links seems to be in contradiction to what Wikipedia is (WP:NOT#Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files).
I think it should be groomed to 2 entries:
*FileMaker Inc. website, including Technical Knowledge Base
*Dancing-Data, detailed history from 1980 to 1989
The other sites are easily found using Google, and we shouldn't be trying to list all developer resources and user groups here.
Thoughts?
Barefootguru 01:40, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like a reasonable suggestion to me. Grstain 18:37, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I've pulled the links to user groups. Not only do they go against WP:EL, but they are also only interesting to users in that specific area. However, if there is one (or two) portal for developers with further information (and maybe a list of user groups), we could list that here. Averell (talk) 09:57, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unfeasibly large links section 

message: Hi.  The article is alternating between having a complete version history of FM and not.  GraemeL seems to be the protagonist for removing it, while Grstain and 71.141.245.74 have restored it.
So I thought I’d bring this edit skirmish into the open ☺
Personally I think we should have the version history but lose the bug fix versions from the table:  I can see the value of the former but not the latter.
Looking around I see Tiger, Safari, and iTunes with complete history; Excel, Word, and Adobe InDesign with major revisions only.
Thoughts?
Barefootguru 18:33, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: A list of bug fixes belongs on the vendor's web site, not in an encyclopaedia, even a Wikipedia-like one.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.64.246 (talk) 09:17, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Version history 

message: Anyone know if there's an equally user-friendly DB for Linux? kwami 10:30, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linux? 

message: What languages does it use for scripting and/or queries? What other technologies is it based on?
62.163.197.25 23:42, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So it is not based off SQL?  That seriously limits its use to small, low-end applications.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.64.246 (talk) 09:19, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Languages 

message: The version table lists FileMaker II version 1.1v2 as a Nashoba Product.  I had that version and it was definitely on a Claris Disk in a Claris box.  Claris published the last version of FileMaker II Jameywiki 16:19, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Publisher 

message: Does anyone have details on the USR file format? It seems to be an archive file of some sort. 
Does anyone know how the data in the file is encrypted? As the USR file is compressible by 9:1 I have to suspect some
XOR method rather then DES/AES/etc. 
THANKS -- Michael Janich (talk) 07:05, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  USR file format 

message: I'm currently working on FileMaker and XSL and this article has nothing.  Hopefully someone more knowledgable than me will add something.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.170.59.139 (talk) 21:28, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Nothing About XML/XSLT?

message: : FileMaker, since version 9, includes the ability to connect to a number of SQL databases without resorting to using SQL, including MySQL, SQL Server, and Oracle.
Connecting to SQL databases without SQL? How do you connect to MySQL w/o SQL? Didn’t you mean “ODBC”?
Ceplm (talk) 21:34, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know for sure, but I suspect it means that you do not need to know how to perform a SQL query to return data and you don't need to know how to perform updates, inserts, etc. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:58, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  I see. That makes sense, but it is really really poorly worded. Ceplm (talk) 22:19, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connecting to SQL databases without SQL? 

message: FileMaker has changed file formats several times. I'm a long-time FileMaker user, but I have no experience with versions 11 and later. 
 -- .fp3 file format is compatible with FileMaker Pro versions 3 and 4
 -- .fp5 file format is compatible with FileMaker Pro versions 5, 5.5, and 6
 -- .fp7 file format is compatible with versions 7 through 11
and there is a file format .fmp12 that was introduced with FileMaker Pro 12. The change in file format with version 7 is noted in the article's "Major updates" section and the table of version history, but not the change with version 12. My impression is that .fmp12 is compatible at least thru version 15, but I'm not sure about that. There is some recently-updated info regarding conversions here. Is that a sufficient source to edit the article? If not, can someone find a suitable source and edit the article, especially for the change to .fmp12 file format? Oaklandguy (talk) 08:50, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  More on version history: Which versions go with which file formats? 

message: Hi,
The article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileMaker refers pretty much exclusively to FileMaker Pro, a now discontinued product. 
I'd like to request moving this article to FileMaker Pro (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileMaker_Pro), and moving the FileMaker, Inc. article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileMaker_Inc to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileMaker.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlstampy (talk • contribs) 10:02, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a good idea, but not how a move request is made. Please read :Wikipedia:Moving a page. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:28, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested moves 

message: * FileMaker Pro POV review of obscure software. Mrdice 08:34, 2004 Feb 20 (UTC)
** Delete. FileMaker already exists. Maybe a redirect, as this product is often referred to both FileMaker and FileMaker Pro? --Vikingstad 09:11, 20 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Query

message: I spotted a detail that's wrong. Also, I'm not satisfied with other parts of existing wording. I will leave it to others to do these edits b/c I'm not certain of them -- they should be sourced.  
First, the "graphical relationship editor." Version 7 greatly enhanced the program because it allowed a single file to include more than 1 table. But this enhancement didn't yet include the graphical relationship editor. That came with Version 8. Users of Version 7 had to use a more cumbersome way to establish the relationships between tables.
I tried going to the Claris website, here, but I believe the vendor's own document is incorrect on this point. I tried to get the message to Claris, but due to the Covid-19 crisis, I was unable to send or telephone this information. 
Second, it is stated that Version 7 required Mac OS X. I believe there was a parallel upgrade in system requirements for Windows users. I don't recall whether Windows Me would suffice -- maybe Version 7 required Windows XP -- but either way, Version 7 was incompatible with Windows 98. Those using Windows 98 or Mac OS 9 had to stay with FileMaker Pro 6. 
Third, what mattered in Version 7? The "Later updates" section includes this wording: "supporting file sizes up to 8 terabytes (an increase from the 2 gigabytes allowed in previous versions). Individual fields could hold up to 4 gigabytes of binary data (container fields) or 2 gigabytes of 2-byte Unicode text per record (up from 64 kilobytes in previous versions). " This is, I believe, correct, but the emphasis is wrong. For most users, the biggest improvement was the single file with multiple related tables. Version 7, IIRC, also allowed users to have more than one window open at a time on the same database. Furthermore, logic became easier. Earlier versions required nested If functions to do important kinds of logic, but the nested If functions were cumbersome. Version 7 introduced the Case function, so that logic became much easier to edit. Upgrades like these improved the usefulness of FileMaker to typical users, far more than the byte capacities of files and fields. Oaklandguy (talk) 19:21, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Later updates and Version history: Corrections regarding Versions 6, 7 and 8 

message: The Authority control links to FileMaker, the company... But this article is about FileMaker the software. This is just plain wrong. 17.235.128.142 (talk) 11:10, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no more FileMaker company. But the history of FileMaker Inc. is listed properly within FileMaker#History. So this page covers both. --2003:EA:7F2B:ED00:740F:6189:6596:6E2 (talk) 11:50, 21 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Authority control