FileMaker 9.0v2 updated for Leopard, instant web publishing still busted

Funny, isn't it, how the in-house projects are the last to get fixed for the new OS? Apple subsidiary FileMaker announced version 9.0v2 today, which provides Leopard compatibility on most features. The IWP web sharing feature, however, remains incompatible with Safari 3 (and Safari 3 beta on Tiger), so you'll have to wait a bit longer -- December, they say -- for that. Also, the Server versions of FM are not yet Leopard-ready. Cue "Jeopardy" theme song.

The download is 348 MB (!) and can be had from FileMaker's site. Complete change notes in the bottom half of this post, or see the PDF from FileMaker.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in

FileMaker has released FileMaker Pro 9.0v2 and FileMaker Pro 9.0v2
Advanced, available now via a downloadable update. The 9.0v2 update
provides compatibility with Mac OS X Leopard as described below, and other
features, and is recommended for all users.

Here is a list of other fixes in the 9.0v2 update that developers will be
most interested in:

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard):

The application no longer crashes when creating files if the system
language and region do not match.

General Fixes:

Mac OS X: Get(SystemVersion) now returns the correct version on Mac OS X
operating systems ending with double digit revision numbers, i.e. 10.4.10.

The database consistency check initiated on launch will no longer
incorrectly report that a database is damaged for some databases that can
be opened and used without any problems.

Printing Fixes:

The update addresses issues which cause the application to crash when a
page range is specified.

Relationships:

A relationship with a global field now returns all related records if the
value of the other key is empty.

Please note that this update does not fix issues with the FileMaker Pro 9
Instant Web Publishing (IWP) feature running on Leopard. We intend to make
IWP compatible with Leopard in an update expected in December 2007.

We expect to deliver a Leopard compatibility update for our Server products
in early 2008. FileMaker Server 9 and FileMaker Server 9 Advanced currently
do not deploy properly on Leopard. In the meantime, FileMaker Pro 9 and
FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced clients running on Leopard do work with FileMaker
Server and Server Advanced running on Tiger or earlier versions of Mac OS X.
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