Known Issues and Limitations
Known Issues
- Online Help is not yet fully implemented (under construction).
- ValueList entries are not separated into lines but appear space separated.
On the Windows platform:
- Internet Explorer 6 or below does not format the report very nicely (inconsistent and too big font sizes used, no CSS2 StyleSheet support). We recommend a current browser of your choice.
Limitations
Range of reports
The internal FileMaker 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 structure consists of the following main sections of which FMDiff reports differences between files. All sections are compared, but not all details are being reported. This ranges from "Section modified" (p. e. Layouts) to precise details (p. e. Fields). Please check out the example report or download the free version and try for yourself.
The version numbers below indicate the implementation of the section's attributes. The listed version may not already be available for download - but can be expected soon. Please see Download for available versions.
Section Version Reported Details GeneralOptions 1.0.6 used FileMaker applications, system versions Recover count 1.2 per system (PPC, Intel, Windows) Global Settings 2.0 window bounds, zoom bounds, dictionaries... Window Settings 2.0 zoomed and un-zoomed bounds Language Dictionaries 2.0 language and user dictionaries file paths Locale Settings 2.0 Currency, calendar names, date format File Settings 2.0 line breaking, Smart Quotes, on open options BaseTables 1.0 name, modCount, connected TOs and fields Tables (TOs) 1.0.8 name Fields 1.0 name, modCount, comment Definitions 1.0.5 all settings Calculations 1.2 all calculations Layouts 1.0 name, modCount CustomFunctions 1.0 name, modCount Calculations 1.2 all calculations Scripts 1.0 name, modCount Script Steps 1.3 all steps in great detail Script highlighting 2.0 differences are marked with color Accounts 1.0.1 name, modCount PrivilegeSets 1.0.1 name, modCount ExtendedPrivileges 1.0.1 name, modCount (Fonts) 1.0.6 name (Graphics) 1.1.0 removed and added IDs Graphic type and size 2.0 .jpg, .png, etc. and size in pixels ExternalDataSources 1.0.1 name, modCount, filePaths ValueLists 1.0.3 name, modCount, custom values CustomMenuSets 1.0.1 name, modCount, comment CustomMenus 1.0.1 name, modCount, comment Relationships 1.1.0 Predicates with TO names, fields 1.2 all settings Extended error checking 1.1.0 Reports illegal ID sequence, wrong block length Extended error checking 2.0 further improved
For FileMaker 5, 5.5 and 6 just definition changes for these sections are reported.
Section Version Reported Details Field Definitions 1.0.5 all settings, except calculations Layouts 1.0 name Scripts 1.0 name (Fonts) 1.0.6 name ValueLists 1.0 name Relationships - -
FileMaker 3, 4 and 4.1 files are reported like FileMaker 5 files, but have not been tested.
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