Demo Files
Minimum version to open the file shown in parentheses.
- GetRecordIDsFromFoundSet.zip (FM 22)
- JSONParse Sandbox (FM 22)
- JSON Array Virtual List Reporting (FM 18)
- Josh Halpern’s Virtual List JSON Bench (FM 21)
Introduction
It’s been a couple weeks since the release of FileMaker Pro 22 (a.k.a. 2025), and now that the dust is beginning to settle and I’ve had some time to explore and build some demos, my initial reactions are…
- Wow, this is an amazing, game changing release.
- Ouch, they just “broke” a bunch of my blog articles — in the sense that behaviors and issues described therein have changed in FM 22.
What this article is not: a general overview. If you’re looking for a general overview Fabrice Nordmann (FileMaker 2025! Explore the New Features) and Wim Decorte (FileMaker 2025 Executive Summary) have written some good ones.
What this article is: a look at some of the features and fixes I’m interested in, including the new GetRecordIDsFromFoundSet (a.k.a. GRIFFS) function, and with particular focus on JSON performance improvements. Also I want to mention a potential problem if you’re on the Windows platform, and we might as well get that out of the way first. Continue reading “FileMaker Pro 22: Initial Impressions”