New relational and scripting features were added to the FileMaker software in 1995, for example, and the popularity continued to grow. In 1997, users of FileMaker software Version 4.0 were able to take advantage of FileMaker Pro databases with a plug-in architecture much like Photoshop that allowed third-party developers to add various non-native functionalities. Other FileMaker solutions were also introduced this year, including a Web Companion that allows the database to perform like a Web server. Various other FileMaker plugs introduced this year enabled the user to add customized features, use the database like a FTP client, perform external file operations, and send messages to remote files.

2004 saw yet another revolutionary FileMaker product revamp with the unveiling of Version 7. Now the FileMaker Pro databases support files as large as 8 terabytes, with each individual field supporting as much as 2 gigabytes. Users can also utilize multiple tables per file and a graphical relationship editor with related tables that are displayed in a form resembling the entity-relationship diagram. A FileMaker developer certification program also introduced this year, as there has been and continues to be a growing number of professional developers working with this software program.

Since then, other changes to the FileMaker Pro product family have included expanded feature sets, an integrated Web viewer, quick start screen, conditional formatting, hyperlinked pointers into databases, external SQL links, scripts that are triggered by user actions, and a redesigned user interface.

FileMaker Inc., which is a subsidiary of Apple Inc., originally released the first generation of this software as a DOS app (Disc Operating System application), which was then developed primarily for the Apple Macintosh. FileMaker Pro has been available for all Microsoft Windows users since 1992, however, as well as Mac OS users and in heterogeneous environments. Large organizations often use FileMaker pro databases that are accessed through massive server networks, but it is also available as a desktop application and a web-based configuration.

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