Claris Release Notes

Important

If you connect to a host running FileMaker Server 2024 (version 21) or earlier, wait to upgrade to FileMaker Pro 2026 until the host is also upgraded. If you're unsure, ask your IT department, server administrator, or app developer.

For supported host versions, see Claris FileMaker 2026 Technical Specifications.

New features and enhancements

PDF script step support in FileMaker WebDirect

In FileMaker WebDirect, the Open PDF and Append PDF script steps can now let web users upload a PDF file to open or append. When your script finishes PDF file operations, the Close PDF script step can let web users download the closed PDF file. Previously, only a container field or variable could be specified for the PDF file.

Known issue:

In the Script Workspace, the newly supported file options for these PDF script steps incorrectly show as unsupported in FileMaker WebDirect.

Addressed issues

PDF script steps

• Copying and pasting the Print PDF script step in the Script Workspace could reset its page setup options to the default values. This included options such as paper size and orientation.
• The Print PDF script step displayed an error stating that container fields couldn't be exported. This occurred when printing to a printer whose name was 32 characters or longer.
• Using the Save Records as PDF script step to save to the currently open PDF file could produce a much larger file than expected.

Script Workspace

• Copying a Configure AI Account script step from FileMaker Pro 2025 and pasting into FileMaker Pro 2026 lost some of its options.
• Windows: The Show Custom Dialog script step's Size and Position fields didn't accept full-width numeral input from Japanese input methods.

General

• FileMaker Pro could quit unexpectedly when using File > Export Records in a file that used custom field display names.
• In the Manage Security dialog, FileMaker Pro incorrectly displayed a security risk warning about accounts with Full Access privileges not having passwords. This occurred even when those accounts had passwords set.
• Windows: Typing in a field could stop working or be delayed when an OnObjectModify trigger ran the Perform JavaScript in Web Viewer script step. Each keystroke unexpectedly moved focus to the web viewer.
• Windows: The FileMaker Pro installer didn't recognize an upgrade license certificate from an earlier qualifying version. This happened if the certificate was in a folder with a name containing Chinese, Japanese, or Korean characters.
• macOS: If you switched between windows using Spaces, running a script from the Script Workspace could run the script in the wrong window.

Important

If you connect to a host running FileMaker Server 2023 (version 20) or earlier, wait to upgrade to FileMaker Pro 2025 until the host is also upgraded. If you're unsure, ask your IT department, server administrator, or app developer.

For supported host versions, see Claris FileMaker 2025 Technical Specifications.

Addressed issues

• macOS: In macOS Tahoe, FileMaker Pro quit unexpectedly when you held the pointer over a text box after receiving a one-time verification code from SMS or Mail. As a workaround, automatic verification code suggestions in FileMaker Pro are now disabled for all macOS versions, while password autofill continues to function normally. Apple and Claris are working closely together to address the root cause of this issue so that automatic verification code suggestions can be restored in a subsequent version of FileMaker Pro.
• When opening a hosted file over a connection with HTTPS tunneling enabled, container field data took significantly longer to load than expected.