Claris FileMaker 19.1 Release

Ben Fletcher • 23 November 2020

The FileMaker 19.1 release demonstrates Claris’ new commitment to more agile and frequent updates to the platform. Notably in this release:

Use snap together add-ons to take advantage of the new JavaScript widgets.
A new quick-start experience for macOS.

Visit the Claris blog to read about the latest product release, which includes add-ons and an exciting quick start experience preview .

Take a look at the Claris Market place to see try out some of the new add-ons.

Claris official add-ons include:

Calendar
Calendar Heat Map
Activity Timeline
Barcode Creator
Kanban Board
Photo Gallery
Rich Text Editor
Simple Chart
Time

DataTherapy will be running Zoom Webinars throughout Q4 2020 to demonstrate these features to our customers. Contact us to book in your Webinar or a consulting session to provide an overview of how to go about upgrading to the Claris FileMaker 19.1 platform or alternatively take a look about our blog post outlining some of the considerations here.

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