Okay, everybody looks at the new FileMaker Pro 11 and sees the new features: charts, portal filter, quick find, inspector, snapshot links, cf import, …

But you actual have to work with the new version to discover hidden gems.

I am not talking about unexpected features – these you would find in the FileMaker Help section “New features in FileMaker Pro 11″. I rather talk about these little changes, that get rid of annoying things. Or little things that could make your life easier.

Previous versions had flaws and annoyances, requiring you to create workarounds or avoid certain situations at all – again and again. Finally we got used to it and would not talk about it anymore. “Do not think about it and it might vanish!”

But now I work with FileMaker Pro 11 and I find little gems:
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Today, 9th March 2010, FileMaker Inc. announced the new FileMaker version 11. There are many new features in Filemaker 11. I like to tell you about some of these features. Enjoy!

FileMaker Charts

The database becomes more colorful! FileMaker Inc. licensed ChartDirector from Advanced Software Engineering and included it into its database. It is now easy to create bar charts (vertical and horizontal), line, area, and pie charts from your data. You can choose between 2D and 3D presentation, solid or shaded colors.

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