# The FileMaker Report (published between 1988 and 1996) **URL:** \ **Category:** Resources\ **Tags:** community\ **Created:** [March 11, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882 "2021-03-11T12:32:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BobMinteer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/bobminteer/32/1112_2.png) [@BobMinteer](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/BobMinteer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/1 "2021-03-11T12:32:45Z")
44 issues of The FileMaker Report available on the Internet Archives. Interesting that there are still plenty of useful FileMaker nuggets to be found amongst these 30+ year old newsletters. [https://archive.org/details/thefilemakerreport](https://archive.org/details/thefilemakerreport) BTW... if anyone is interested in the hard copies that I scanned in for this collection, I will gladly send to anyone who would cover the shipping. Just PM me to arrange. ---
**Author:** ![Torsten](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/torsten/32/1574_2.png) [@Torsten](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Torsten)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/2 "2021-03-11T14:12:05Z")
Truly interesting. The knowledge and methods described in some articles still apply. Welcome @BobMinteer ! ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/3 "2021-03-11T18:15:04Z")
wow! I love the archive and that is a great resource. ---
**Author:** ![mokele](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/mokele/32/1816_2.png) [@mokele](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/mokele)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/4 "2021-03-18T00:49:28Z")
A trip down memory lane! I worked with Mike Harris in 1995; he gave me my start in FileMaker, for which I am grateful... ---
**Author:** ![jeremyb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@jeremyb](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/jeremyb)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/5 "2021-03-18T11:03:18Z")
@BobMinteer That's pretty awesome. Mind if I share the link with some folks? Do you (or anyone) happen to remember when the Script Maker was introduced? I can't imagine a system without scripts, but apparently that was 'normal' back then. ---
**Author:** ![jormond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jormond](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/jormond)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/6 "2021-03-18T13:49:15Z")
[https://support.claris.com/s/article/FileMaker-Pro-Version-Comparison?language=en\_US](https://support.claris.com/s/article/FileMaker-Pro-Version-Comparison?language=en_US) It looks like scripts were a FileMaker 6 addition. Unless that line about scripts isn't saying what it reads like. ---
**Author:** ![steve\_ssh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/steve_ssh/32/160_2.png) [@steve\_ssh](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/steve_ssh)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/7 "2021-03-18T14:23:31Z")
> [@jormond](#): > > It looks like scripts were a FileMaker 6 addition. Unless that line about scripts isn't saying what it reads like. I think that table just makes it possible to interpret that scripts were added in v.6, but only because the table doesn't go back further in time. I recall doing scripting back in v.3. I'm tempted to say that it went back at least one prior version to that, but honestly, I can't recall that with clarity. It used to be that when you created a new script, it would be pre-populated with steps that were something sequence that would be typical of creating a found set for getting ready to print. Maybe a Browse or Find step, followed by something like a Sort. Can't remember the steps anymore, and can't remember what version that stopped happening in... ---
**Author:** ![BobMinteer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/bobminteer/32/1112_2.png) [@BobMinteer](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/BobMinteer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/8 "2021-03-18T14:26:59Z")
@jeremyb Absolutely share! I was offered the paper versions of these and immediately scanned them in because I thought there would be interest. ---
**Author:** ![jormond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jormond](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/jormond)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/9 "2021-03-18T14:55:40Z")
I was trying to find images of earlier than 6 to confirm what it was... but, ran out of time. I used to have screen shots of all the versions, but they were lost in the great HDD catastrophe of 2016. ---
**Author:** ![harvest](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/harvest/32/231_2.png) [@harvest](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/harvest)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/10 "2021-03-18T15:11:03Z")
I'm also pretty sure I used scripts in version 2.1, the first version I bought (as an addon to MS Office Mac) ---
**Author:** ![jormond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jormond](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/jormond)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/11 "2021-03-18T15:27:19Z")
Absolutely. I have installers all the way back to 3. Just no license key or vm to run them on. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Admin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/admin/32/97_2.png) [@Admin](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Admin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/12 "2021-03-18T20:11:49Z")
I started with v3 and it included scripting. I'm pretty sure that v2 did too. I only used v2 several times before getting a copy of v3 so my memory of it isn't good. However, I think that the Script Maker UI may have been a later introduction. ---
**Author:** ![jormond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/35a633/32.png) [@jormond](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/jormond)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/13 "2021-03-18T21:12:00Z")
Was the scripting a list of steps? Or was it a dialog which checkboxes? The dialog of checkboxes may have been v2. ---
**Author:** ![Malcolm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/malcolm/32/196_2.png) [@Malcolm](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Malcolm)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/the-filemaker-report-published-between-1988-and-1996/1882/14 "2021-03-18T21:18:47Z")
Before Script Maker it was drag-n-drop from a list of script steps into your script. There was some type ahead that allowed you to jump between sections but the process was laborious. You spent a lot of time hammering the arrow keys.