If your looking for "scripting improvements" v12 brought a greatly improved Execute SQL function. Also included in v 13 of course. Container fields also got a great overhaul that makes the jump out of 10 worthwhile. Hey you're only 70, New version every year means you still have several to contend with. :)
Sent from me, myself and iPhone > On Dec 13, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Charles Hartley <[email protected]> wrote: > > As I think I mentioned earlier, I'm about to purchase a new MacBook Pro to > replace the one I have that is too old to run anything past Snow Leopard. I > have been running FileMaker Pro 10 on the old computer, and had thought to > upgrade from v10 to v12 on the new one. Now along comes v13 and it having me > wondering what will be my best option. > > First of all, the issues with web access now being discussed are not a > problem for me. I mainly use the program to maintain database files for a > middle school academic league and use a lot of scripts (both FM and > AppleScript) to handle things. While I do put files on the Internet, it is > handled with scripts and using Interarchy to handle the up and downloads > > What I would look for in an upgrade would mainly be improvements in > scripting. Honestly, I doubt that I will ever upgrade after this again since > I'm already 70 years old and not likely to need to. > > So I guess my question is should I go ahead and upgrade to v13, or will I be > best served by remaining with v10, or is there another option I should > consider? Comments are welcome. > > Thanks, > Charlie
