


Both versions can be used actively and passively-that is, developers can create and build new databases in either program, and end users can use either program to open an existing database, enter a new record, find a contact’s phone number, print out this week’s purchase orders, and so on.įileMaker Pro Advanced provides a handful of utilities that developers will find very useful, including a script debugger a custom function editor, and the ability to create single-user standalone versions of databases. The latter has everything the standard edition has, with a few useful extras. Which program?įileMaker comes in two editions, standard Pro and Pro Advanced.

Developers can now be more responsive to user actions, while users can now customize certain aspects of the database without having to call in a developer. There’s something for everyone in version 10 of the Mac’s most popular database management program, FileMaker Pro, and its big brother, FileMaker Pro Advanced.
