Contact us if you need help incorporating this excellent new feature into your FileMaker application!ĭid you know we are an authorized reseller for FileMaker Licensing?Ĭontact us to discuss upgrading your FileMaker software. Save a Copy as XML is a fantastic addition to the FileMaker platform, providing a way to run differential comparisons on a solution. Once you run the differential on your XML copies, you will be able to easily identify what has been updated between each version.
You can find many different applications that will perform this task both directly online or as downloadable programs, and it may already be an available option or extension in your existing text editor such as Visual Studio Code or Notepad++. In order to use this feature to the fullest, you will want to employ a diff tool to view the changes between two versions of your database that you have saved as XML. With this step a developer can easily create a script and set it up on a server schedule to automatically generate daily version records of an entire application, and these files can then be archived for security and referenced as needed. For example Save a Copy as XML includes encrypted account credentials as they would be required to have a complete serialization of a FileMaker file's schema and structure while the DDR doesn't include this information.įor even more control, there is a new script step also called "Save a Copy as XML" that allows you to automatically save an XML representation of the solution. Initially just being able to save an XML copy of a FileMaker file can sound quite similar to the existing Database Design Report option however the Save a Copy as XML feature is meant to be an XML serialization while the DDR is not. Once you choose Save, FileMaker will create a new XML file in your specified location that is an XML serialization of your FileMaker file excluding record details. This will be set to your file name by default, and no other settings or configuration is necessary.
When you select this tool you will be prompted to choose a save location and enter a file name.
You can also match their overall user satisfaction rating: FileMaker Pro (99) vs. While the original DDR function still exists for now, a new option has been added in the Tools menu to "Save a Copy as XML". For instance, on this page you can check the overall performance of FileMaker Pro (8.4) and compare it with the overall performance of Aplos Donor Management (8.3).