Top 10 ways to turbocharge your solutions using FileMaker Pro 9 Advanced:

1. Customize menus and toolbars by renaming, adding, or deleting menu items or replacing entire menus with your own choices for a completely customized database application. When you update a menu the associated toolbar icons, context menus, window options, keyboard shortcuts, and the Mode menus are automatically updated to match.
2. Make your layouts more informative by adding tooltips to fields or layout objects. Tooltips are static text or can be based on calculated results. Either way you will provide more insights into your data, and deliver essential information without cluttering your layout.
3. Build or modify databases faster by importing multiple tables at once or by using copy/paste to move fields and tables in or across files.
4. Pinpoint problem areas as you step through scripts in a Script Debugger. You can even temporarily disable scripts to test portions of a script.
5. Keep an eye on current field values, variables, or expressions with the Data Viewer. Debug scripts and test calculation formulas without modifying your underlying database schema.
6. Create standalone runtime solutions that do not require the FileMaker Pro application to be installed.
7. Create a kiosk-based application where all menus are hidden — great for event registrations, surveys, and collecting names for mailing lists.
8. Build more robust calculations and extend database capabilities with Custom Functions and the External Function Plug-in API.
9. Generate a report that provides comprehensive information on your database schema and options, like fields, tables, Custom Menus, FileMaker Web Viewers, and more with the Database Design Report. It’s invaluable as a troubleshooting tool by locating missing fields, broken relationships, problem calculations, and more.
10. Use the file maintenance tools to maximize database performance and to compact and recover unused space for faster access.