FileMaker today announced software updates for FileMaker Pro 7 and FileMaker Developer 7, available at http://www.filemaker.com/support/updaters.html. These important updates improve the performance of each of these products.

“If you’re using FileMaker Pro 7 or FileMaker Developer 7, which have both been widely acclaimed by editorial reviewers and customers alike, you’ll want to download the updates now,” said Ryan Rosenberg, vice president, Marketing and Services, FileMaker. “And, if you haven’t yet upgraded, now is the time!”

FileMaker Pro 7 v3 updater

Over 300 modifications have been made in areas including text editing, layout editing, scripting, calculations, portals, value lists, import/export, find, spell-checking, security and Japanese language functionality.

FileMaker Developer 7 v3 updater

The updater addresses several areas, including the script debugger, DDR and Developer Utilities, text editing, layout editing, scripting, calculations, portals and more. Please see the Read Me file included with the downloadable update for more details.

FileMaker Server 7 updaters

The company also said it plans to provide the FileMaker Server 7v2 updater and FileMaker Server 7 Advanced — ODBC/JDBC updater before the end of this month.

About FileMaker, Inc.

FileMaker Pro is used by millions of individuals and workgroups around the world to be more productive and efficient. Business, education and government customers rely on FileMaker to manage people, projects, images, assets and other information. In addition to being the number one-selling easy-to-use database software, the award-winning FileMaker product line also includes low-cost Applications that automate basic business tasks, ready-to-use Starter Solutions, and tools to create and share solutions from the desktop to the web. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc. (AAPL).

* At this time, FileMaker Server 7 Advanced cannot be used as an ODBC or a JDBC data source on Mac OS X. FileMaker plans to support ODBC and JDBC on Mac OS X in a future release.