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Brand: Filemaker Inc. EAN: 0044866020956 Edition: Standard Format: CD-ROM Item Dimensions: Label: Filemaker Inc. Manufacturer: Filemaker Inc. Model: 322200U MPN: 322200U Platform: Macintosh Publisher: Filemaker Inc. Release Date: July 09, 2002 Studio: Filemaker Inc. Editorial Review: Product Description: FILEMAKER PRO V6.0 MAC Amazon.com Review: FileMaker Pro 6.0 makes data management for individuals and small groups engaging and almost fun. Installation and setup are both surprisingly quick and easy, and the templates and wizards will have most users frolicking with their new or imported databases in just a couple of hours. The interface and design tools are comfortable for Windows users of all levels of experience. The software is not designed for the lowest common denominator, though--advanced users will find FileMaker Pro's scripting language for queries and other tasks handy, if not all-powerful. Data entry couldn't be easier. For some formats, it's as simple as dragging and dropping folder contents, so multimedia management, for example, becomes almost trivial. FileMaker Pro's data manipulation tools are more powerful than before, which means administrators would do well to limit users or train them carefully. Searches, the meat of the package, are simple enough for beginners but offer enough complexity to keep power users happy. One new timesaving search feature is the extend/constrain function: if a search returns too few or too many results, it takes just one step to expand or contract search parameters. Web-style integration in FileMaker Pro 6.0 has taken a huge step forward from version 5.5; the look and feel of the desktop is almost seamlessly translated to intranet application. However, those with more than 10 potential FileMaker users should pick up the unlimited-use version of the software. FileMaker can import and export XML, so data can be manipulated and then easily shared with non-users via a Web browser. While there might be more powerful data management packages available, for a wide range of uses and users, FileMaker Pro 6.0 is tough to beat. --Rob Lightner Note: This review refers to the Windows version. Amazon.com Product Description: FileMaker Pro 6 lets you easily manage all types of information, includes powerful new ways to import and integrate digital images and other media into your FileMaker solutions, and offers a virtually limitless ability to exchange data with other applications. Complete with enhanced productivity and formatting tools as well as a host of new and updated productivity templates, FileMaker Pro 6 is an efficient tool for quickly managing and sharing information. A robust alternative to tracking information with spreadsheets, FileMaker Pro 6 lets users efficiently exchange data and integrate with other applications via support for XML. Users can also import any file folder (containing text, sound, images, QuickTime movies, etc.) into a FileMaker database in a single timesaving step, or develop customized layouts and forms that can then be applied to other objects and text. With this latest version, Mac users can now import images, along with metadata from any USB-supported digital camera, into a FileMaker database. They can also batch import digital images, text files, sound files, and more from a directory by using the Import Records menu item. FileMaker Pro 6 includes 21 business-ready "instant productivity" templates to help users get started. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - My most important software packageOur company has been using FileMaker since 1989. As it is the only database Ive ever used (other than a brief experiment with 4D) I really can't compare it with anything else. I'm here to tell you it will do the job you want to do. I won't use technospeak in my review, as I am here for the novice users (and anyone who is reading a review to determine if this software is for them is probably a novice). FileMaker will keep track of all your company info. Even if you are a one-person ... Read More Rating: - Filemaker Pro 6 is great!This versatile program is easy to use and yet makes the tech types happy. For the price there is no comparison! Tanya Milligan Rating: - Fantastically Versatile Program!To even compare FileMaker Pro with Access is absurd. While FileMaker is not on the order of MySQL or Oracle in terms of speed and power, it is far more flexible and far less expensive than anything else available in this workgroup class of applications for any Windows or Mac environment. You can start small, with just one or two computers and grow your solution into a fully server-based and remotely managed application. And if you should happen to need to migrate to a "big ... Read More Rating: - Outstanding. More than most people need.I have worked with very large databses (greater than 500 tables in Oracle and SyBase) and very small ones. If you are looking for a db implementation for less than $50,000, your first product to evaluate should be Filemaker. It will probably do all (and more) than you need. Anyone who says that MS Access is easier or more reliable than Filemaker either works for Microsoft or has some other unhelpful bias. Ask users and/or developers to show you databases built in the two products and you will see an ... Read More Rating: - Outstanding product that empowers users and designers alike!Greetings Amazon reviewers.. Now that you've read the Microsoft commercial below from: "Reviewer: A software user from Stratford, CT USA" Who probably, "needs a kick in the pants!" Here's the truth, this product has the capabilities for implementing a client / server database network easier than anything currently on the market! And the client / server capabilities are built in! And it doesn't matter if it's based on the PC OR the MAC. Further, once designed and implemented, ... Read More |
