NAll that FileMaker Inc will do is force developers to use the new database file encryption option. And now I see the issue has not been fixed since I mentioned this with FileMaker Inc in December 2012 (in writing). Unfortunately I cannot monitor this with my clients and, therefore, consider this a major security flaw in the product. This is no longer the case and, in fact, FileMaker’s recommendation is to request that users do not use the FileMaker Pro Advanced app. Prior to FileMaker 10 the data viewer button for selecting fields to view data would be greyed out (unless you are actually logged into the developer account to modify the database). I note from the FileMaker Forum a developer wrote in February 2012 under the title “SECURITY ISSUE: Can’t Hide Data Viewer from User’s…” how the data viewer allows any user with a copy of Advanced app to view data in any field of any table in any non-admin/developer login account. It is only FileMaker Pro 13 that has introduced the bug since the last version (perhaps the bug was ported over from FileMaker Go 11), Since April 2013, the issue has not been fixed properly across the full FileMaker Pro 13 product range by checking that the GetNthRecord function works properly.Ģ. So, on checking this with FileMaker Pro 12 Advanced I see the issue does not exist. This is a major problem for my clients in terms of financial information they need to work with in the databases. Whether the issue has been fixed in FileMaker Go 12, I observe in FileMaker Pro 13 Advanced that the issue remains and actually fails to show the calculation result from the 79th record onwards. FileMaker Support pages show a question from a developer titled “FileMaker Go – Calculations involving GetNthRecord fail after 29 records” and a response suggesting FileMaker Inc is aware of the issue since 10 April 2013. Of greatest concern are the following issues I have noted with FileMaker Pro 13 and confirmed by other developers:ġ. And the security of data in fields of any table is now compromised due to a security hole placed into the Data Viewer feature since version 10. We have lost Instant Web Publishing (IWP) in FileMaker Pro 13. For a start, there are instability issues. However, since FileMaker Pro 10, I have noticed certain unwelcomed changes. One need only look at the cottage industry that has sprung up around syncing mobile FileMaker databases to realize that 3G or even LTE connections to a remote data source are not the same as local storage.ĭuring my time of developing databases since version 2.x (now this is going back some years), I have found FileMaker Pro to be an excellent application primarily for the ease in which databases can be created and the flexibility and useful features it provided. Hopefully this is just a matter of FileMaker’s programmers updating the Javascript and CSS to make the web designs ‘ responsive‘ and we will see this feature soon.Įven if this capability arrives, WebDirect running on an Android device is still not a replacement for a full on FileMaker Go for Android client.
A developer could probably tweak a layout to work reasonably well on an Android phone or tablet. While it will open in a web browser on a tablet, there are no concessions for the web browser.
We are likely to never see a FileMaker Go for Android, but we could see FileMaker WebDirect work well on an Android device. could do an end run around corporate owner Apple Inc.’s presumed no Android support policy. One of the tech notes states: “WebDirect is not currently designed for use on a mobile device.” I had thought that one of the big goals of WebDirect was so that FileMaker Inc. Screenshot displays a FileMaker WebDirect layout via Safari Web Browser running on an iPad with iOS 7.