FileMaker Pro has the power and the flexibility to handle all your everyday home and business tasks. Its can handle tasks from preparing invoices, mailing lists, purchase orders, and reports, to managing inventory and tracking projects. FileMaker Pro enables you to manage information on your desktop, across a network, or over the Web. FileMaker Pro databases are accessible to ordinary Web browsers; you don't need to have additional Web-serving software or to write HTML code. Authorized users can even edit, delete, and update records. Version 4.1 supports Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), the SQL-based data format found in programs such as Microsoft Access, Excel, Oracle, and Sybase.