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Snow Leopard: FileMaker Product Compatibility

The good news is that many of FileMaker's database products are compatible. The not-as-good news is that issues and problems can crop up when transitioning to Snow Leopard.
Written by David Morgenstern, Contributor

The good news is that many of FileMaker's database products are compatible. The not-as-good news is that issues and problems may crop up when transitioning your workflow to Snow Leopard.

According to the latest updates to FileMaker's support site, FileMaker Pro 10 and Pro 10 Advanced are mostly compatible. The pair of issues are a change in the AppleScript command that opens a file, and the inability to export to .XLS format; these are resolved respectively by changing the old syntax "open file" to the new, plain "open" and by making sure that Rosetta is installed.

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However, FileMaker Server 10.0v2 will require a full install from the CD or from the Software Download file, which was made available on Tuesday, Sept. 1.  If you previously updated an older version, then you will need to remove and reinstall 10.0v2.

FileMaker Server 10.0v2 and FileMaker Server 10.0v2 Advanced requires a full installation from either the CD or Software Download file. Do not install FileMaker Server 10.0v1 and update to FileMaker Server 10.0v2 on this operating system as supporting files are not installed correctly.

In addition, if you previously updated to FileMaker Server 10.0v2 on Leopard and update the OS to Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, the server will not function. You must do a full installation of FileMaker Server 10.0v2 on this operating system.

Older versions of FileMaker have issues as well, such as when Rosetta is missing during installation, printing (cant') and launching (non). You may have to reinstall your software.

Bento 2.0.5 is compatible and all others, including Version 2.0.4 are incompatible.

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