Editing FileMaker (section)

=== Later updates ===
Version 4.0, introduced in 1997, added a plug-in architecture much like that of [[Adobe Photoshop]], which enabled third-party developers to add features to FileMaker. A bundled plug-in, the Web Companion, allowed the database to act as a web server. Other plug-ins added features to the interface and enabled FileMaker to serve as an [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]] client, perform external file operations, and send messages to remote FileMaker files over the [[Internet]] or an [[intranet]].

Version 5 introduced a new file format, which came with the file extension {{Not a typo|.fp5}}.

Version 7, released in 2004, introduced a new file format with the extension {{Not a typo|.fp7}}, supporting file sizes up to 8 terabytes (an increase from the 2 gigabytes allowed in previous versions). Individual fields could hold up to 4 gigabytes of binary data (container fields) or 2 gigabytes of 2-byte [[Unicode]] text per record (up from 64 kilobytes in previous versions). FileMaker's relational model was also expanded, offering multiple tables per file and a graphical relationship editor that displayed and allowed manipulation of related tables in a manner that resembled the [[Entity-relationship model|entity-relationship diagram]] format. Accompanying these important changes, FileMaker Inc. also introduced a developer certification program.

In 2005 FileMaker Inc. announced the FileMaker 8 product family, which offered developers an expanded feature set. These included a tabbed interface, script variables, [[tooltip]]s, enhanced debugging, custom menus, and the ability to copy and paste entire tables and field definitions, scripts, and script steps within and between files. 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.

FileMaker 9, released on July 10, 2007, introduced a quick-start screen, conditional formatting, fluid layout auto-resizing, hyperlinked pointers into databases, and external [[SQL]] links. FileMaker 10 was released on January 5, 2009, before that year's [[Macworld Conference & Expo]], and offered scripts that can be triggered by user actions and a redesigned user interface similar to that of [[Mac OS X Leopard]] (10.5) applications.

FileMaker 11, released on March 9, 2010, introduced charting, which was further streamlined in FileMaker 12, released April 4, 2012. That version also added themes, more database templates (so-called 'starter solutions') and simplified creation of [[iOS]] databases. FileMaker Go 11 (July 20, 2010) and FileMaker Go 12 for iPhone and iPad (April 4, 2012) allowed only the creation, modification, and deletion of records on these handheld devices, whereas design and schema changes had to be made within the full FileMaker Pro application. FileMaker Go 12 brought with it multitasking, improved media integration, export of data to multiple formats and enhanced container fields.

FileMaker 13, released after the launches of [[iOS 7]] and [[OS X Mavericks]] (10.9), first shipped in December 2013. The client and server products were enhanced to support more mobile and web methods of data access. FileMaker Go 13, the parallel iPad–iPhone product, became a single client for both devices, and the Server Admin tool now ran in [[HTML5]], no longer requiring a [[Java (programming language)|Java]] app.

The FileMaker 14 platform released on May 15, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://support.claris.com/s/article/FileMaker-Pro-operating-system-requirements-all-versions-1503692917754 |title=FileMaker Release History|access-date=2021-01-18}}</ref> It included FileMaker Pro 14, FileMaker Pro 14 Advanced, FileMaker Server 14 and FileMaker Go 14. This was followed by version 15 in May 2016 and version 16 in May 2017; both including equivalent Pro, Pro Advanced, Server and Go versions.

In late 2016, FileMaker began annually publicizing a software roadmap of incoming features already being worked on, as well as identifying features they are moving away from or may deprecate in the near future.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://luminfire.com/2016/12/05/filemaker-shares-their-product-roadmap/ | title= FileMaker Shares Their Product Roadmap |access-date=31 May 2024}}</ref>

FileMaker Inc. had always had a hard time describing what FileMaker software was, because it covered a plethora of ground unrelated to databases; user interface, security, rapid application development tools, etc. At their annual developers conference in August 2018, FileMaker Inc. initiated a new marketing program called "Workplace Innovation Platform" to address the problem of its self-described software category.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woodhouse |first=Stuart |date=10 Nov 2018 |title=Workplace Innovation Platform |url=https://www.sie.net.nz/blogs/workplaceinnovationplatform/ |access-date=6 Jan 2024 |website=digitalfusion}}</ref>