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TECH BRIEF

FileMaker Go 1.2.1
Technical Brief

FileMaker Go 1.2.1 Technical Brief
Version Updates

Version 1.2.1

Version 1.1.2

Version 1.1.1

FileMaker on the Go

OS Minimum Requirements

Clients

Hosts

Network:

Noteworthy Supported Features

Entering Data & Committing Record Changes

Text

Numbers

Dates & Times

Field Objects

Layout Objects

Container Fields

Find Mode

Charting

Printing and Print to PDF

Sorting

Security

Scripts

Script Triggers

Calculations

Custom Menus

Importing Records

Export Field Contents

Save Records As PDF

Save A Copy As…

URL Schemes

Script Step, Recognition of Runtime Files
and Other Subtle Changes

FileMaker Server

What’s Out

Schema Modification

Layout Mode & Structure Modification

Exporting

Plug-ins

Cocoa

Hosting/Sharing

Save/Send Records As

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Performance Considerations

Performance Recommendations

Tailoring an Interface for FileMaker Go

Iconography

Log Out Buttons

Refresh / Request-based Processing

Sizing Layout Elements

Object Autosizing & Portrait/Landscape Rotations

Screen Dimensions

Window Management

Zoom Management

Scripting for a Mobile World

Scripting Strategies

Testing for Platform

OnTimer Scripts

Using Location Information

Scripts That Run On Open and Close of a FileMaker Database

Related Record Locking Transactions

Server Side Queuing

Script Logging / Flagging

Appendix A: Unsupported Script Steps
(excerpted from the Developers Guide)

Returns Error code 4

Returns Error code 3

Knowledge Base Articles

Credits

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Version Updates
Version 1.2.1
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Support for printing to iOS compatible printers

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Charts are displayed and updated automatically when data is modified

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Container Fields support capturing signatures

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Ability to send a message to another user in a hosted solution when a record lock occurs

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Ability to open shared files that are marked as hidden

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Application language support for Simplified Chinese

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Improved performance for web viewer objects, layout buttons, and returning from hibernation

Version 1.1.2
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Application language support for French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese

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Save files to a temporary location and overwrite using scripts

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Compatibility issues with large images and container fields have been addressed

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Allows users to restore solutions from hibernation by entering the same account name and password once for
multi-file solutions

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General compatibility issues have been addressed

Version 1.1.1
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Create and email a PDF through a scripted process or via menu command

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Save a copy of the database through a scripted process or via menu command

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Export field contents through a scripted process or via menu command

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Container fields can now store photos from the device’s image library or images taken by the device camera.

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Pass data from external applications into FileMaker Go using a new URL scheme

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FileMaker Go can now recognize and open files with the “.USR” extension

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Minor script and hibernation changes. Please refer to the “Noteworthy Supported Features” section below

FileMaker on the Go
FileMaker Go® is a full-featured FileMaker® client for iOS. It runs the FileMaker .fp7 file format as either a client to
a FileMaker host (Pro or Server) or as local files stored on the device and has much of the same functionality as
FileMaker Pro.
The FileMaker Go user experience with FileMaker solutions is analogous to the iOS Safari web browser with
full-sized web content. iOS gestures, like pinch-zooming and swipe-scrolling, allow users to comfortably interact
with a FileMaker Pro solution that was designed for larger screens. With some caveats, which will be covered in
this technical brief, existing FileMaker Pro solutions just work the same as they do in FileMaker Pro. Without any
additional development work, your users can log in and access their existing solutions via their iPad and iPhone.
FileMaker Go gives FileMaker Pro users the opportunity to create personalized custom mobile solutions without
having to hire a programmer to develop applications using iPhone-native Objective C or mobile web apps using
tools such as Java or PHP.

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That said, while most things work, there are some limitations; please pay special attention to the section on Scripts.
Depending on the application and how frequently it is used, some developers will decide to tailor specific layouts
and database files for the mobile devices. These mobile layouts could be aimed at smaller screen sizes, or simply
provide larger targets for touch. In cases where FileMaker Go is connecting to existing hosted FileMaker solutions,
it could be useful to have mobile interfaces for employees like salespeople in the field, allowing them to quickly
and easily check the status of an order, enter expenses, and so on, without requiring them to sync or re-enter data later.
FileMaker Go allows users to work with local files stored on their devices. Local access is great for quick reference
information or anything that does not need to be shared with other users. For instance, if you wanted to take
your existing contact database with you on a trip where web access will be unreliable, you could copy it to your
device for use during your trip. Loading and opening files within FileMaker Go is well covered in the product
documentation:
For iPhone: http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-go/for-iphone/help/1/index.html
For iPad: http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-go/for-ipad/help/1/index.html
This technical brief details the FileMaker Pro features that are supported in FileMaker Go, those that are not, and
closes with a discussion of best practices. One of the biggest issues to keep in mind is that FileMaker developers
must consider client compatibility during testing and development efforts. Additional attention should be paid
to all your hosted solutions since you can now expect users to work both via FileMaker Pro on desktops and
FileMaker Go on mobile devices, whether or not you designed them with that in mind.
If you are new to FileMaker Go, the FileMaker Go Development Guide is recommended reading and can be found at:
http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-go/docs/fmgo_development.pdf
As a companion to this Technical Brief, the screenshots and user interface elements (art, buttons, layout designs)
used are all taken from the “FileMaker Go Toolkit” database created by Soliant Consulting. It is available as a free
download at http://www.soliantconsulting.com/gotoolkit/ and contains a collection of assets and examples for
developing FileMaker Go user interfaces.

OS Minimum Requirements
FileMaker Go is a client that accesses either local files stored on your mobile device or databases hosted on
FileMaker Server or FileMaker Pro.
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iPhone & iPod Touch: iOS 4.2.1 or greater

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iPad: iOS 4.2.1 or greater

Hosts (supported):
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FileMaker Server / Server Advanced 10 and 11

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FileMaker Pro / Pro Advanced 10 and 11

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Network
WiFi and 3G networks will work; Edge networks are not supported.
FileMaker Go cannot discover FileMaker Server hosts available through LDAP or view and use SSL certificates from
LDAP hosts.

Noteworthy Supported Features
People familiar with using and developing for FileMaker Pro will immediately be struck by the fact that FileMaker
Go is FileMaker Pro. There is wide support for most FileMaker Pro features, and to list them all would be both
tedious and redundant. FileMaker Go is a full-featured client that works much the same way FileMaker Pro does,
minus the development features. There is no Layout mode or other database development tools. You can work
with databases, but not create them or modify their schema. Likewise some users may be familiar with Bento®
and, from years past, FileMaker Mobile. Both of those products rely on a limited synchronization model for sharing
data; FileMaker Go instead delivers a live connection to FileMaker Server and its hosted databases or the option
to copy complete database files to and from the iOS device.
This section highlights important FileMaker platform features and explores how they differ on FileMaker Go. If you
need an orientation to the interface in FileMaker Go, please refer to its documentation at:
For iPhone: http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-go/for-iphone/help/1/index.html
For iPad: http://www.filemaker.com/products/filemaker-go/for-ipad/help/1/index.html

Entering Data & Committing Record Changes
As with FileMaker Pro, users can enter a field in Browse mode, make changes, and commit those changes to a
database opened either via a network connection or local to the device. When a record is committed, recordlevel script triggers, auto-entry functions, field validation, and index updates all occur as they do in FileMaker Pro.
Tapping out of a field in FileMaker Go is exactly the same as clicking out of a field in FileMaker Pro.
When a user attempts to edit a record that is locked (in use) by a different user in a hosted environment, a
FileMaker Go user can send a message to the other user. While the user interface is different, the functionality and
user experience is exactly the same as in FileMaker Pro.

Text
Entering text in a field is fully supported, but there are a few differences when compared with the experience in
FileMaker Pro.
When selecting text in FileMaker Go—by double-tapping on text when the keyboard is present—users can cut,
copy, paste, and apply spelling corrections using iOS text controls. Note that this mechanism is analogous to the
Edit menu commands and spellcheck features in FileMaker Pro.
Users will only be able to edit approximately 64,000 characters of text. In the unusual case of a text field containing
more than 64,000 characters, the iOS text control tries to gracefully truncate at a word break as users approach the
limit. An error message appears if users try to edit or select text in a field that exceeds 64,000 characters. The text
is properly displayed and readable in FileMaker Go, but editing beyond 64,000 characters can only be done in
FileMaker Pro.

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FileMaker Go properly displays rich text stored in your FileMaker database. However, the following formats are
not supported by iOS: highlight, strike through, condense, extend, small caps, superscript, and subscript. These
formats will not be displayed but remain stored and displayed in FileMaker Pro.
Bold, italic, underline, title case, upper case, lower case, word underline, and double underline (appears as
underline) are all displayed. Manipulation of rich text attributes, creating mixed paragraph styles within a single
block of text, entering tab stops, and setting line spacing are not supported. If a user enters a field with rich text
attributes and makes any change, FileMaker Go will replace all the unsupported styles with the default attributes
of the field. This means users will lose any style and paragraph elements they may have applied to the text in
FileMaker Pro.
Auto-complete is not supported on FileMaker Go. Text fields with option “auto-complete using existing values” will
behave as though the setting were turned off. Likewise, when entering data, users cannot insert text from an index
in FileMaker Go.
Asian languages are supported although Japanese specific features such as Sideways Text Orientation
and Furigana are not supported. IME input will also not work in fields setup with OnObjectKeystroke and
OnLayoutKeystroke script triggers.

Numbers
FileMaker Go does not display a “?” character for number fields containing more data than can be displayed as
FileMaker Pro does. Instead, it uses the iOS truncation mechanism. The result will also display somewhat differently
depending on how alignment is set. If centered or right aligned, you will see the first character followed by an
ellipsis. For example, the value “8050” may appear as “8…”. If left aligned, the first several characters will be
displayed and may not include an ellipsis. Using the same example from above, the value “8050” might appear
as “805” when left aligned. As a result, consideration should be given to these behaviors and how they will affect
users when placing number fields on a layout.

Dates & Times
Dates and Times work just as they do in FileMaker Pro; however, they use iOS controls for data entry as shown below.

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The Timestamp iOS control, as seen below, does not support inserting seconds (or fractional seconds). However,
you can type seconds into any Time or Timestamp field before or after using an iOS control.

There is no direct means of inserting the Current Date, Time, or Timestamp via keyboard shortcuts or menus. If you
wish to provide such functionality, you will need to write scripts for those behaviors and optionally associate those
scripts with buttons placed on your layouts. Additionally, script triggers such as the OnObjectEnter script trigger
could be used to enter the desired data as a starting point for data entry.

Field Objects
Field controls including repetitions, check boxes, radio buttons, and iOS-style value pickers are all supported.
Fields with applied data formatting and conditional formatting display the same in FileMaker Go as in FileMaker Pro.
To remove or clear values from radio buttons in FileMaker Go, you will need to provide a button and/or scripted
method.

Layout Objects
Tab Controls, Buttons, Portals, and Web Viewer objects are all supported. Layouts on the iPad/iPhone will look
nearly identical to how they appear in FileMaker Pro. Most object formatting options such as pen color, fill
color, line width, and embossing/engraving/shadows are supported, as are geometric objects including lines,
rectangles, rounded rectangles, and circles. Fill patterns are the exception – FileMaker Go ignores them.
Tooltips are not supported and do not appear in FileMaker Go. In a touch interface there is no hover or rollover
state to invoke tooltips.

Container Fields
Container fields support all image formats supported by iOS: GIF, PNG, JPG, and TIFF. Other file formats including
PDF, Word, and Excel can also be stored and viewed. Sound and video formats are supported and will execute
when you tap on them. Tapping an empty Container field lets users insert a photo taken from the camera or stored
in the device’s image library, or capture a signature. If the Container field has data, users may also choose to Open
or Email the contents using the device’s local email client. You can cut, copy, paste, and delete by first tapping
on a container field, which will expose the iOS keyboard, and then tapping again to access the contextual menu
containing these menu items. If you have previously copied an image to the iOS clipboard, you are able to paste
it into a container field from this menu. You can also paste between containers or from a container field to Mail, for
example.

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When the signature capture feature is activated, a signature capture window will be displayed where the user will
be able to “draw” on the touch surface of an iOS device. The user may touch the Clear button to erase what has
been drawn, the Cancel button to exit without making any changes to the container field, or the Accept button to
save the signature to the container field. A PNG image will be generated when the signature is saved.
NOTE: The signature capture window only supports landscape screen orientations. This includes devices that
are locked in portrait mode. Once captured, the PNG of the signature can be viewed and emailed like any other
image stored in a container field.

Find Mode
Familiar FileMaker Pro operations are supported with both Find Mode and Quick Find, including multiple find
requests and constrain/extend options. Although there is no list of operators available in Find Mode, users may
enter them manually.

Charting
All chart types that are supported in FileMaker Pro 11 are supported in FileMaker Go. The charts displayed in
FileMaker Go are live and will update when the data that was used to define them is modified.

Printing and Print to PDF
FileMaker Go supports the ability to print directly to iOS compatible printers. Printing functionality on FileMaker
Go is similar to the functionality provided by FileMaker Pro, although there are some minor differences due to the
different print options supported by iOS.
The following features are supported for printing using FileMaker Go but must be setup using FileMaker Pro:
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Shrinking and Sliding of layout objects

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Shrinking layout parts

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Hiding layout objects

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Multiple columns

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Fixed page margins

The following features are supported directly from within the FileMaker Go Print dialog
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Print a range of records

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Specify the starting page number

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Paper size – If the chosen paper size is not known then “Printer Default” will be displayed

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Page Orientation

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Scale – pre-defined choices and the ability to specify a value between 25-400%

FileMaker Go also supports printing direct to PDF. The Save As PDF function, introduced in a previously released
version of FileMaker Go, has been modified to take advantage of the new Print To PDF functionality. The output of
Save As PDF will look more like expected printed output and respect settings like those mentioned above.
Print Options will be remembered for each file and will be the defaults next time the print dialog is displayed for
that file. The print settings are stored in the user defaults and not in the file itself. There could be situations when
some of the Print Options are unspecified, illegal or missing – this may happen, for example, if no default printer is
selected when opening FileMaker Go for the first time.

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Keep the following in mind when creating printing scripts for FileMaker Go
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Perform without dialog is not supported in FileMaker Go. A print script that has the Perform without dialog
option checked will go to the Print dialog and to the Print Setup dialog if this option is unchecked.

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The Print Setup script step will not show a dialog but the settings stored in the script step will be applied.

Sorting
Sorting, including custom sort order and ascending/descending operations, is supported. You can only sort
by fields on the current layout, however hidden fields can be used to offer more options in the Edit Sort Order
window.
In Table View, users can sort by tapping on column headers. The first tap will sort ascending, the second will sort
descending and the third tap unsorts the records.

Security
Both file-access security and access to features and operations within a FileMaker Pro database remain unchanged.
FileMaker Go also supports the ability to open files set to not display (hidden) in the Open Remote File dialog by
allowing the entry of a direct file path when browsing the lists of available files for a given host or server. Simply
tap Enter Filename to enter the name of the hidden file. FileMaker Go will automatically enter in the path to the
host so that only the name of the file needs to be entered. However, FileMaker Go will not prevent the user from
changing the path so that the user can specify a file on a different host if desired.
NOTE: For usability reasons, the fmnet protocol will be hidden from the UI of FileMaker Go. There is no need to
include fmnet: in when opening a hidden file.
FileMaker Go supports the “fmrestorelogin” extended privilege. To take advantage of this extended privilege, you
must create a new extended privilege using “fmrestorelogin” (no quotes) as the specific keyword.
FileMaker Go, by default, will not save the user name and password of a file that is terminated. The next time
FileMaker Go is launched, it will prompt the user for their credentials and attempt to restore the user’s prior
session, except in the following cases:
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The current user is logged in using a Guest account. FileMaker Go will let the user immediately reconnect as a
Guest.

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The current user is logged into a FileMaker database where automatic log in to the file was turned on in the
File Options.

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The current user is logged in using an account that is associated with the “fmrestorelogin” extended privilege.
This privilege exists to allow users to resume an interrupted FileMaker Go session without being further stalled
by an authentication dialog. In these cases it may be prudent to recommend that all users lock their devices
using the iOS security code feature.

The “fmrestorelogin” extended privilege works with Auto-Restore Login application setting (Home screen >
Settings Menu) in FileMaker Go. If the setting is turned off, a user will always be prompted for their credentials.
If FileMaker Go is closed as a result of a user pressing the Home button or an incoming call, multi-file solutions
will not prompt the user for credentials for every file when “awoken.” FileMaker Go simply prompts a user for
credentials when opening the first file. As long as the other files in the solution contain the same account and
password, no additional credentials prompt will be displayed.

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The FileMaker Go client should honor all of a solution’s existing security settings. This means anyone authorized
to access a database via FileMaker Pro is similarly authorized to access that same database, with all the same
privileges, in FileMaker Go.

Scripts
Scripts are available to run in FileMaker Go just as they are in FileMaker Pro. As with Web Publishing, some script
steps are not supported and some discussion on scripting is warranted; please refer to the “What’s Out” and
“Scripting for a Mobile World” sections below. The ability to edit scripts is not available in FileMaker Go, nor is
there a Script Debugger.
One behavioral change is worth noting from the start. When a script is running in FileMaker Go and is set to allow
user abort, any tap on the screen will bring up an abort dialog. In FileMaker Pro the only way a user can abort a
script is by pressing the escape key or Command + period (Mac). Given that tapping the screen is a fairly common
practice for users—especially if they may not realize a script has not finished running—developers may want to
disallow user aborts (by using the Allow User Abort [Off] script step) more frequently.
Another important reality of working in a mobile world is that scripts can be aborted at any time, regardless of the
Allow User Abort settings and ordinary operations of FileMaker. When a user either switches to the Home screen
(by pressing the Home button) or receives an incoming phone call on the iPhone (which closes FileMaker Go), all
scripts running will be halted without warning.
A third way scripts may not run as expected is when FileMaker Go encounters an unsupported script step. There
are two ways in which FileMaker Go handles this. Some script steps are fairly benign and are simply skipped or
ignored and the script will run to its conclusion. If you use Get(LastError)=3 you can check for these cases.
For script steps that could potentially harm your database (Export Records, for example), FileMaker Go will present
an alert to the user and, if Allow Abort is set to On, the user can choose to continue the script or halt its execution.
If Allow Abort is set to Off, FileMaker Go will continue the script after ignoring the problematic script step. It is
important that developers test their databases and review their Database Design Reports for script steps that will
not run on FileMaker Go.
There is more discussion later in this technical brief on how to approach scripting for FileMaker Go.
Some behavioral differences to note for scripts include (excerpted from the Developer’s Guide):
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Send Mail does not support Perform without dialog. The email displays on the device, and you can send it
manually. This does not apply to mail sent through SMTP.

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A script using Replace Field Contents cannot prompt users in FileMaker Go to specify the field and data to be
replaced. A Replace Field Contents script step with Perform without dialog deselected will not be performed.

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The Select All and Set Selection script steps do not highlight text if the keyboard is hidden on the device.

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The Open URL script step using a Google maps URL will open a browser, and then choosing Open in Safari
will open the Maps application.

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If a script contains a hide window command, FileMaker Go does not hide the window but changes the order of
the open windows that are displayed.

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When you hibernate FileMaker Go, any currently performing scripts are aborted. If Allow User Abort is On, you
can return to the previous state when you resume FileMaker Go. If Allow User Abort is Off, FileMaker Go will
close instead of hibernating.

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Script Triggers
Script Triggers, including OnTimer, work in FileMaker Go as long as they use supported script steps. See the
“Scripting for a Mobile World” section below for an example.

Calculations
The calculation engine is fully available on FileMaker Go with plug-ins being the only exception. Custom functions
are also supported including recursive functions with the same stack limits as FileMaker Pro. Mobile devices do
not have as much processing power, so performance needs to be considered when creating formulas that work
with related data. Additionally, unstored calculations should be used sparingly. This will be discussed more in the
performance section. It is important to note changes to the following functions:
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Get(SystemPlatform) returns 3 when performed on the mobile device.

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Get(ApplicationVersion) for the iPhone and iPod Touch will return “Go 1.x.x” and for the iPad will return “Go_
iPad 1.x.x”.

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Given that there are none to press, Get(TriggerModifierKeys) and Get(ActiveModifierKeys) do not return
expected modifier key information.

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Get(WindowContentHeight) and Get(WindowContentWidth) are the only two Window functions that change
with device rotation

Custom Menus
Custom Menus are supported in a limited way in FileMaker Go for the obvious reason that many of the menus that
are available in FileMaker Pro are not available or applicable in FileMaker Go. You can modify and override the
following menu items that are displayed in the interface:

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In the

menu in Browse mode:

Show All Records

Show Omitted Records

Omit Records...

Sort Records...

Enter Find Mode

In the

menu in Find mode:

Show All Records

Show Omitted Records

Constrain Found Set

Extend Found Set

Perform Find

Exit Find Mode

In the

menu in Find mode:

Add Find Request

Duplicate Find Request

Delete Find Request

Revert Find Request...
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In the

menu:

Add new Record

Duplicate Record

Delete Record…

Delete Found Records…

Revert Record…

• In the

Tools Menu Pop-over dialog:

Refresh Window

Save / Send

View As

Print (including PDF)

You cannot override the Quick Find menu item, the Save Record menu item, or the Exit Record menu item. You also
cannot add custom menus to your databases nor can you remove menus or menu items. Menu items that are not
included in your custom menus will still appear, but will be grayed out. Finally, you cannot use ampersands (&) in
custom menu names.

Importing Records
Importing records is supported in a scripted process when using the Import Records script step to import from
another FileMaker file. Using the Import Records script step, you can:
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Import records from a hosted file (FileMaker Server or shared using peer to peer sharing with FileMaker Pro
and FileMaker Pro Advanced) into a local database. Although FileMaker Go cannot import directly from an
ODBC source, it can import from an ODBC source through ESS.

•

Import records stored in a local database into a hosted file

•

Import records from a hosted file into another hosted file

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Import records from a local database into another local database

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Import records between tables in the same file (local or hosted)

Important Note: Field mapping and import order must be established before you import records with FileMaker Go.
Creation of a new table during an import process is not supported. Please see the FileMaker Go Development Guide
for more information.

Export Field Contents
Field contents can be exported in a scripted process or by clicking the Tools menu (

) in the upper-right of the

application. Note that exporting multiple records is not supported; FileMaker Go will export only the contents of one
field from the current (single) record. The resulting content can be emailed, viewed, or saved. If the content is saved,
it will be available in the Files on Device list.
Consider a case where a text field contains a large amount of text. A user could export the contents and email them
to a colleague in a few simple steps or through a scripted process.

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Save Records As PDF
Save Records as PDF is supported as a scripted process or by clicking the Tools Menu (

). As with Export Field

Contents, the resulting file can be emailed and is available in the FileMaker Go Files on Device list accessible via
the Window menu > File Browser option. It is important to note that some of the script step options from FileMaker
Pro are not supported:
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Appending records to an existing PDF

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Selecting the Acrobat version

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Selecting Printing and Editing options on the Security tab

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Deselecting the option that allows screen reading software

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Options on the Initial View tab

This feature has been updated from previous versions of FileMaker Go to work more like Print To PDF in FileMaker
Pro. Previously unsupported FileMaker Pro features like object sliding and hide when printing are now supported
when creating PDFs using FileMaker Go.

Save A Copy As…
FileMaker Go can save a copy of a local database on the device. Saving a file as a compacted copy or a clone is
supported when you use the Save a Copy As script step, but is not supported when using the menu item. The
resulting file can be opened and used in FileMaker Go, sent via email or saved on the device where it appears
in the Files on Device list. This feature can be useful for sharing files between FileMaker Go users or for storing
a backup of a file. Imagine working with a local database in the field, and receiving a request from your office
for access to your database. This feature would allow you to create and email a copy of your database to those
needing access. It is important to note that a copy of a local file is not linked in any way to the original file. Data
that is entered into the original will not show in any copies of that file.

URL Schemes
Many FileMaker developers will be familiar with the fmp7:/// URL scheme that allows a
database to be opened from a clickable link. This URL protocol has been extended to support script names and
parameters. The new scheme syntax is:
FMP7Script:///?script=

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