FileMaker Cloud 1.16.0.55 Release Notes

This software updates FileMaker Cloud version 1.15.2.32 to version 1.16.0.55, and fixes bugs.

FileMaker Cloud 1.16.0.55 is available in the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Australia.

Software details

OAuth 2.0 client authentication: You can configure FileMaker Cloud to allow FileMaker clients to authenticate via an OAuth identity provider to access a hosted database file.
PDF and print support: Files hosted via FileMaker WebDirect can now use the Print, Print Setup, and Save Records as PDF script steps. FileMaker Script Engine now supports the Print Setup and Save Records as PDF script steps for all hosted files. See FileMaker Pro Help.
FileMaker Admin API is an application programming interface that allows web services to perform administrative tasks on FileMaker Cloud. For information about this REST-based API, see FileMaker Admin API Guide.

FileMaker Admin API is a trial feature in FileMaker Cloud 1.16.0 that expires on September 27, 2018. Once the trial expires, the feature will cease to operate.*
FileMaker Data API is an application programming interface that allows web services to access data on FileMaker Cloud. For information about this REST-based API, see FileMaker Data API Guide.

FileMaker Data API is a trial feature in FileMaker Cloud 1.16.0 that expires on September 27, 2018. Once the trial expires, the feature will cease to operate.*
- Tableau Web Data Connector for FileMaker: Produce graphic representations of your FileMaker data with this connector, a FileMaker Data API that integrates with Tableau Desktop. Tableau Web Data Connector is also a trial feature.

*Product and feature releases remain at the sole discretion of FileMaker, Inc., and are subject to change without notice.

Addressed an issue where, under certain conditions, committing a record while reconnecting could corrupt the record.

When uploading database files to FileMaker Cloud:
- In FileMaker Pro Advanced, encrypt the file before upload.
- If you have FileMaker Pro and will upload an unencrypted file, check the space available on your storage volume. You need at least three times the file size in space to upload. If you don't have that much space, upgrade the AWS storage volume size before uploading to FileMaker Cloud.
When a CSV or TAB file with UTF-8 encoding that contains about 1500 Asian-language characters and has macOS end-of-line (EOL) or UNIX line endings is imported using the Perform Script on Server script step or FileMaker WebDirect, the imported characters become unknown characters.

To import characters as expected, do one of the following:
- insert double quotation marks around each field value
- save the file with a different encoding such as UTF-16
- save the file in a non-text based file format such as FMP12, MER, or XLSX

When you create a message or script schedule and specify a start date parameter with two digits for seconds, the second digit is ignored. For example, a date specified as 2017-10-25 11:30:23 returns the result "2017-10-25 11:30:00".
When you specify a gracetime parameter with the close database call, the parameter is ignored and defaults to 90 seconds (the default for disconnection).
cURL commands do not work with the open, close, pause, and resume database calls. To fix this problem, add -d {} to each command.