The following summarises the fixes and feature enhancements made to the FileMaker Pro 3.0Bv3 program:
• Problems with calculations have been corrected, including:
- Incorrect results with the Extend, IsEmpty, and some Status functions
- Incorrect triggering and updating of calculations under certain conditions
- Incorrect parsing of calculations in countries where the decimal separator
is a comma
- Excessive redraw of calculation fields that reference a summary field
during data entry
- Inappropriate update of fields using the auto-enter modification date or time
option when the Today function is recalculated
- Incorrect results with calculations and lookups based on repeating fields
• Problems with sorting decimal numbers in descending order and the sorting of summary fields have been corrected
• Problems with Drag and Drop have been corrected, including:
- Inaccurate transfer of text from ClarisWorks 4.0
- Incomplete record level validation in transfers between records
• Problems with certain script steps in ScriptMaker have been corrected, including:
- Loophole with Allow User Abort which could allow user to abort a script
- Slurring of dial tones by the Dial Phone script step
- Scripts with more than 247 steps no longer crash
- Mishandling of empty found sets with the Go To Related Record script step
• Problems with the Sliding/Printing command have been corrected, including:
- Incorrect printing of blank pages in layouts with fields that extend beyond the
limit and are set to slide up and to the left
- Portals with a line width of zero will now slide correctly
• Corrected a problem where files created with the Windows version of FileMaker Pro using Australian regional settings could not be opened by the Macintosh version
• Problems with certain Avery label templates and the skipping of labels have been corrected
• Problems with locating files that are referenced in scripts or relationships have been corrected
• Handling of related records through portals has been improved
• Improvements were made to the file recover command
• In some instances, repeating field lookups in networked databases would generate a 10010 error message. This has been corrected.
• QuickTime support is now available in the Windows version if QuickTime for Windows 2.1.1 or later is used. QuickTime for Windows is available from Apple Computer.
• Scaling problems with WinFax Pro 7.0 have been corrected
• Some problems with Apple Events including the use of filtered references in AppleScript have been corrected
• Problems with the import of comma separated text files in international versions of FileMaker Pro have been corrected
• Problems with the import of certain types of text data files and exports from databases with repeating fields have been corrected
• A problem with text editing when zoomed to less than 100% has been corrected
• Problems with value lists have been corrected, including:
-Selection of a value using the keyboard with the Windows version
-Clicking into a set of radio buttons or checkboxes when zoomed
Some new features have been added, including:
• ClarisWorks 4.0 databases can now be imported directly into FileMaker Pro
• A preference to hide the Windows 95 status bar has been added
• New ScriptMaker steps have been added:
Open Preferences- open the Preferences dialog box
Correct Word- correct a word flagged by spell-as-you-type
Spelling Options- set spelling options
Select Dictionaries- change the spell checking dictionaries
Edit User Dictionary- modify the User Dictionary
Delete Portal Row- delete the current portal row instead of the current master record
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