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Mark Conway Munro, Learn FileMaker Pro 16, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2863-0_1

1. Introducing FileMaker

Mark Conway Munro

(1)Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA

FileMaker Pro is a relational data management system published by Apple subsidiary FileMaker Inc.

Since its origin, the product has expanded and evolved with improved capabilities to keep pace with standard technologies. The current incarnation is a powerful, feature-rich and easy-to-use integrated development tool, available in fifteen different languages. FileMaker databases can be shared across a network with multiple simultaneous users working on Mac and Windows computers as well as iOS devices.

FileMaker is popular with millions of developers and users, ...

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