

You can’t move the position of a chart title or vary the colours of data series outside the 20 pre-defined colour themes that are provided. That version also added themes, more database templates (so-called starter solutions) and simplified creation of databases.Visually, FileMaker charts work very well, although there are some formatting limitations. FileMaker 11, released on March 9, 2010, introduced charting, which was further streamlined in FileMaker 12, released April 4, 2012. FileMaker 10 was released on January 5, 2009, before that year's, and offered scripts that can be triggered by user actions and a redesigned user interface similar to that of (10.5) applications. FileMaker 9, released on July 10, 2007, introduced a quick-start screen, conditional formatting, fluid layout auto-resizing, hyperlinked pointers into databases, and external links. Version 8.5, released in 2006, added an integrated web viewer (with the ability to view such things as shipment tracking information from FedEx and Wikipedia entries) and named layout objects. These included a tabbed interface, script variables, enhanced debugging, custom menus, and the ability to copy and paste entire tables and field definitions, scripts, and script steps within and between files. Individual fields could hold up to 4 gigabytes of binary data (container fields) or 2 gigabytes of 2-byte text per record (up from 64 kilobytes in previous versions). Version 7, released in 2004, introduced a new file format (file extension.fp7) supporting file sizes up to 8 terabytes (an increase from the 2 gigabytes allowed in previous versions).

Other plug-ins added features to the interface and enabled FileMaker to serve as an client, perform external file operations, and send messages to remote FileMaker files over the or an. A bundled plug-in, the Web Companion, allowed the database to act as a web server. Later updates Version 4.0, introduced in 1997, added a plug-in architecture much like that of, which enabled third-party developers to add features to FileMaker. In 1998, Apple moved development of some of the other Claris products in-house, dropped most of the rest, and changed Claris's name to FileMaker, Inc., to concentrate on that product. By 1995 FileMaker Pro was the only strong-selling product in Claris's lineup.
