FAQ: How Customization Affects Upgrades

QUESTION: If I have you customize the software how does that affect upgrades?

ANSWER: There is no effective way to automate significant FileMaker structure changes between file versions. We do the best we can to fully document what has changed between each version of InBizness and what customization we do for our customers. We focus on a modular design method in every thing we do and that is helped in a large part by the features available in FileMaker Pro Advanced.

So customers that have previous customized versions of InBizness can take a look at what has been offered in the latest update. If there is a number of “must have” features in that update, they can purchase that version and then integrate that code into their customized version. In some cases, those new features can be added into their version within minutes. In all cases, the integration time is a fraction of the effort of building those features from scratch.

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