With FileMaker Pro you can take a simple estimate, window schedule, or contact list you created in Excel and drag and drop that file onto the FileMaker Pro application icon and it will automatically create a database in FileMaker.

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Still need more power and flexibility? FileMaker Server 15 Advanced has all the feature of FileMaker Server 15 plus it will allow you to also allow external programs to access FileMaker database information using SQL queries so FileMaker information can be “pulled out” and used in other applications, such as accounting programs and CRM systems. In a network environment you and up to nine other Windows and Mac OS FileMaker Pro users can access and share the same database file simultaneously and if your needs grow beyond that you can move up to FileMaker Server 15 which allows up to 250 FileMaker Pro clients to simultaneously and will also enable you to share and/or use data through your web site too.

While FileMaker is simple and easy enough for the solo contractor just getting into databases who wants a desktop solution to use it has industrial strength power under the hood and can grow with your company. FileMaker Pro runs equally well on either the Windows or Macintosh platforms and if you want to take your data with you on you can run it natively on any iOS device and through a web browser on Android devices The ‘developer’ user friendly interface seems to leads to user friendly interface to the end user too.

‘ Developer‘ User Friendly Results in End-User Friendly Interfaces.

If you want even more powerfull developer’s tools such as script debugging and variable watching FileMaker makes FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced for that. A builder remodeler contractor can build their own add-ons or make there own custom modification without having to learn a lot of programming. This results in a “quasi-object” development environment of a kind that is still largely unique in the “industrial strength” database world. The Graphical User Interface in FileMaker Pro 15 allows users to create and/or modify the databases by dragging new elements into the layouts/screens/forms that make up the end-user interface.

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