

You can now have multiple windows in Windows that are no longer bound to the application window. You definitely want to start using this in your solutions moving forward. See FileMaker Card Windows in action as Emory Brown looks at this exciting new feature in depth.

Cards open up a world of possibilities for developers and solutions. There is now a new window style choice, Card, that allows you to display data from another layout.

You can build more advanced applications faster than ever before. FileMaker is a well-rounded platform and this release provides many features for usability, mobility, security, development, integration, and scalability. The FileMaker 16 platform is a fine example of why you need to stay on the latest version as it continues to add new features that will make developers, end-users, and the folks in IT very happy. Now all those goodies that didn’t make the last release have been cooking for 24 months and are ready for you to enjoy. FileMaker Pro 15 caught the engineers a bit off guard by switching to annual release cycles. This is the FileMaker Pro release we have been all waiting for. FileMaker Licensing for Teams, which is based on the number of users, continues to be the default for licensing moving forward. You can now buy 3 year renewals with a larger discount and there is a new promo offering 25% off for new customers who are switching from Microsoft Access. There have been some minor updates to FileMaker Licensing.You must have annual licensing in order to use FileMaker Cloud. FileMaker Cloud was released on Sept 27th, 2016 for Amazon Web Services (AWS) running CentOS Linux and new releases continue to occur over time.You can now scale your WebDirect application up to 500 simultaneous users. This is the fourth major release of WebDirect and it includes the ability to print to PDF in the browser which was quite the feat for FileMaker engineers.New mobile features include Location Monitoring, Animations and Transitions, Enhanced Signature Capture, and the ability to deploy plugs with iOS SDK with External Script Steps.Some of the many exciting new features include Cards, new Windows interface, Enhanced cURL options, JSON functions and Layout Object Window.FileMaker Server now includes the ability to Print PDF from Server (forever eliminating those PDF robots some of you may have) and a RESTful API.Below you will find an overview of our favorite features with links to our more in-depth articles that include example videos. In a collection of articles, we review what’s new in the FileMaker platform, specifically the features for FileMaker Pro 16, FileMaker Server 16, FileMaker Go 16, FileMaker WebDirect 16, and FileMaker Cloud. A new and exciting version of the FileMaker platform is here! 2017 marks over 32 years in business for FileMaker.
