FileMaker Server versions

v12.0
- (OS X 10.8) The FileMaker Server 12.0v2 installer and updater applications are digitally signed for installation on OS X 10.8.
- (OS X 10.8) FileMaker Server 12.0v2 addresses an issue with deploying FileMaker Server on OS X 10.8 with web publishing enabled.
- Addressed an issue with installing the trial version of FileMaker Server 12 on a machine that previously had an expired trial version of FileMaker Server 11 installed.
- Addressed an issue with the fmi-test application that would cause the Web Server Test Failed step to occur in the Deployment assistant.
- (OS X) FileMaker Server 12.0v2 installs PHP 5.3.8 on OS X 10.6, and installs PHP 5.3.10 on OS X 10.7 and 10.8.Database Server
- Added support for loading 64-bit plug-ins used by Custom Web Publishing solutions. Note: Use the FileMaker 12 plug-in SDK to create 64-bit plug-ins.
- Addressed a performance issue with import and export processing using scheduled tasks.Admin Console
- Added a setting to the Database Server > Security tab to allow progressive download of interactive content when the "Require secure connections" setting is selected.Backup Features:
- Addressed an issue with progressive backup that could prevent an internal progressive backup folder from being deleted.
- Addressed an issue where progressive backup of a database was temporarily discontinued because the database was being modified at the time of the backup interval, requiring the Database Server to make a full copy of the database to restart its progressive backup.Command Line Interface
- For CLI commands that support specifying databases by name, removed the requirement that CLI commands must explicitly use the .fmp12 extension. For example, the following command closes the FMServer_Sample.fmp12 file: fmsadmin CLOSE FMServer_Sample
- Addressed an issue with the fmsadmin PAUSE command showing concatenated database names in its output message.
- Added the option "-t" to the fmsadmin PAUSE command. When the server administrator runs the PAUSE command, the Database Server attempts to get a read lock within the length of the time specified by the timeout value:
ODBC
- (OS X 10.8) The ODBC client driver installer application is digitally signed for installation on OS X 10.8.External Authentication
- (OS X 10.7) Addressed an issue where using Open Directory user accounts specified for authentication using the "real name" or "full name" format would not allow users to access a hosted database. FileMaker Server 12.0v2 on OS X 10.7 supports using Open Directory with the real name and the short name formats.Custom Web Application
- Addressed an issue for PHP solutions that use the getContainerDataURL() method to display container data using the HTML object tag. Previously, the issue could cause a web client using Internet Explorer 9 to see PHP errors or HTML errors, or make the Web Publishing Engine unresponsive.
- Addressed an issue in Custom Web Publishing where XML query commands were not returning XML tags for empty fields in related records displayed in a portal. The issue occurred when querying databases that had been converted from .fp7 to .fmp12.