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Claris FileMaker 19.5 Release
Ben Fletcher • Jun 16, 2022
New Features in Claris FileMaker 19.5 Release
The Claris FileMaker 19.5 Platform release demonstrates Claris’ impressive commitment to more agile and frequent updates to the platform. Significant features in this release:
Extensibility enhancements
- OData: Easily integrate your FileMaker data into your other apps and services with the popular, REST-based integration standard, OData — now on Windows and macOS, in addition to Linux.
- Live Text and QR code support: Expand your data capture capabilities. Add QR code data and Live Text from images to your FileMaker files (available with the latest Apple operating systems).
- FileMaker WebDirect OAuth scripts: Add OAuth sign-in buttons to your custom websites via JavaScript.
- GS1 barcode support: Scan GS1 barcodes on your iPad and iPhone with expanded barcode support.
- Data migration tool enhancements: Streamline data migration when updating files in multiple languages. Plus, now developer tools are all available for free.
- JSON calculation function improvements: Determine if your JSON syntax is valid with the new JSONGetElementType calculation. Prevent errors and save time while troubleshooting.
Performance, reliability and security enhancements
- Ubuntu 20.04: Get enterprise-grade Linux with support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in FileMaker Server. Includes support for the latest third-party libraries, security features, and performance enhancements. Runs on open-source NGINX for high-performance web serving.
- Save a Copy as XML: Generate XML representations of your FileMaker files on FileMaker Server at lightning-fast speeds. Get better automation capabilities, granular audit control with version tracking, and easier integration with third-party developer tools.
- Server-side summaries: Speed up data processing for groups of records with server-side summarization.
- Parallel backups: Automatically group related backup files together and run them simultaneously for more efficient processing with parallel backups.
- Cancel backups: Easily cancel backups if the process is interrupted or another operation needs to be performed for easier maintenance.
- fmp URL protection: Protect hosts from connecting to malicious clients with proactive warning notifications.
- Increased memory cache: Perform memory intensive tasks more effectively on the FileMaker Server scripting engine with 4x increased cache.
- FileMaker WebDirect performance improvements: Experience improved FileMaker WebDirect performance with server-side CSS caching.
- Bug fixes: Nearly 400 bugs fixed across all platforms that address performance, scalability, and reliability issues. Areas of focus include security, installation, calculation functions, Script Workspace, FileMaker WebDirect, FileMaker Admin API, FileMaker Data API, and much more.
DataTherapy are pleased to announce that Claris FileMaker 19.5 managed private cloud hosting packages are immediately available.
DataTherapy can provide scalable, managed FileMaker packages for businesses of all size. Full details of all of our packages can be found here:
https://datatherapy.host/pricing/
We can offer a range of a variety of enhanced options such as domain management, custom SSL certificates, VPN, VLAN, disaster recovery and integration with other technologies.
If you need additional information, or would like to arrange a free trial of any of our packages then please don’t hesitate to contact our team.
New Features in Claris FileMaker 2023 (version 20.3) Release
Reflecting on Claris Platform's Roadmap: What's Next in 2023 and Beyond
The Claris FileMaker 2023 is the ultimate platform for custom app creation. Given its advanced features and capabilities, it's the platform of choice for those seeking to start fresh building a new custom business app. However, if you're thinking about upgrading from an older Claris FileMaker version, preparation is key, and that's where we come in . . .
New Features in Claris FileMaker 2023 Release
Free tier access to the Claris Platform is coming!
New Features in Claris FileMaker 19.6 Release
Claris Server managed private cloud hosting now available from datatherapy.host
The new Claris Platform represents the latest evolution of the venerable Claris FileMaker Platform. While the FileMaker Platform is a powerful and flexible toolset, it was originally launched in 1985 and conceived to solve the data problems of that era - predating much of the modern internet staples that we are familiar with today like pervasive broadband, mobile computing and cloud services. While an impressive number of new features have been added to the FileMaker platform to modernise it over the years, there were always going to be some areas where it was not an optimal solution given the need to maintain compatibility with previous releases. The new Claris Platform focuses on offering a new approach to building unified, hybrid apps with a more cloud native approach. Central to this new offering is Claris Studio, a web-based tool for building online web forms, dynamic charts, dashboards and task trackers (see https://www.claris.com/studio/ ). Historically, these are all areas that the FileMaker platform has served poorly out of the box, or has required substantial developer effort utilising 3rd party plugins or integration with other apps and cloud services to work around. The new Claris Platform bundle therefore significantly extents what would be possible with FileMaker alone. I t is well worth looking at these Claris Youtube videos exploring the new platform https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkvKnBkQSCeTE1hT4FJkCJ_foOOq_DBIe However, Claris Studio does not integrate with classic FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server - instead it works with Claris Pro and Claris Server. In order to get Claris Studio to market and in the hands of developers as quickly as possible, Claris have had to make some compromises and so narrowed their initial platform support and features. This means that while Claris Pro and Claris Server have most of the core features of FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server there are some important differences - while the new Claris platform is an excellent fit for most new development projects, it is not yet a 'no-brainer' upgrade for existing FileMaker customers that are reliant on some of the older features which are not yet present in the new platform. Two deciding limitations for many existing FileMaker customers are that: 1) Claris Server only currently runs on the Linux platform - there is no support for running on macOS or Windows servers currently. 2) By design the new Claris Platform needs internet access in order to integrate with Claris Studio and so cannot be 'LAN locked' which may be the case for certain FileMaker solutions due to strict security as can be found in healthcare environments or with very high performance solutions such as video environments. If you don't have expertise in deploying Linux servers or moving from a LAN to cloud environment then this can be mitigated as it is perfectly possible to get a 3rd party managed private cloud hosting. This is exactly the service that DataTherapy can provide - see https://datatherapy.host/pricing for more details. Contact our team if you are interested in a demo of the new Claris Platform offering and a FREE initial consultation about how to migrate from from your existing FileMaker based solution in order to take advantage of the new Claris Studio features.
We can confirm that our Platopus platform does not make use of Java and so is unaffected by the Log4j security vulnerability.
The Claris FileMaker 19.4 Platform release demonstrates Claris’ impressive commitment to more agile and frequent updates to the platform. Significiant features in this r elease: Windows 11 and macOS Monterey 12 compatibility Updates to ensure the best performance, stability and security for Windows 11 in FileMaker Pro and macOS Monterey support for FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server. Ability to automate tasks in FileMaker Pro with Shortcuts in macOS Monterey Run automation scripts in FileMaker Pro and streamline your everyday tasks. Just use the Shortcuts app or Siri voice control to run shortcuts. Use your voice to automatically search for records, run reports for specific dates, send attachments via email, update inventory, modify files stored in container fields, and more. More flexible authentication with customizable OAuth identity providers. Set up user authentication the way your business requires. In addition to three predefined OAuth identity providers, this release provides a straightforward UI to customize one of four additional supported providers (Ping, OneLogin, Auth0, and Okta), or any other provider using OAuth2 or OpenID protocols. iOS 15 and OpenSSL 1.1.1l compatibility in FileMaker Go 19.4. FileMaker Go 19.4 suppor ts new iOS 15 and OpenSSL 1.1.1l to improve security. Key b ug fixes and security updates. Take advantage of the latest performance and security improvements. More than 50 bugs are addressed throughout the entire FileMaker 19.4 product li ne, including issues related to Apple silicon, web viewers and interactive containers in Windows, FileMaker WebDirect performance, security, and much more. Contact us to book in your FREE consulting session to provide an overview of how to go about upgrading to the Claris FileMaker 19.4 platform or alternatively take a look about our blog post outlining some of the considerations here.
