At last, Filemaker, an Apple company lets not forget, got a Filemaker Pro client for iPhone and iPad. The app works surprisingly well but I am not writing this review for the stuff it does right, but I think its funnier to highlight its shortcomings.1- Since this app sells for the iPhone and the iPad, one would think that Filemaker Go would play well with media but that''s not the case. Although y...
Not sure how I missed this when it was released back in June! I''ve been waiting for a true, iOS-native version of FileMaker ever since I gave up my Palm (and FileMaker Mobile) and switched to the iPhone. To date, I''ve been using a kludgy (read-only) solution that exported my FileMaker databases to Bento, and then sync''d to Bento on iPhone.FileMaker Go is truly impressive. It feels like a native...
This does almost everything I use my laptop to do with my FileMaker DBs at client sites. Now I can leave the laptop in the car. It took no time at all to upload my db and use it directly on my iPhone as-is. I spent an evening optimizing some of the layouts for the iPhone screen. It seems to work well with remote FM Server-hosted DBs and DBs hosted by FM 9 on my laptop, though I''ve not done extens...
Like the previous reviewer I find myself in the same position with this app.. It''s great if you use it live from a hosted database, assuming you have a data connection whilst out in the field, but, if you don''t you can''t even access the database! The other option is to copy the database to the iphone via itunes and then copy back using the same process, following any changes or the addition of ...