Like countless other die hard users of FileMaker, I was gutted to hear
that FileMaker 8.5 was not supported on Leopard. Rather surprisingly,
the early information from the company suggested that there was no
plans to support v8.5, effectively adding to the cost of Leopard
update (by having to purchase a FileMaker 9.0). Having splashed out on
8.5 less than a year ago, I was not at all impressed by this - and
promptly wrote to the company. I thought I was emailing the company's
PR executive, but received an automated reply from FileMaker Inc
pretty much stating what was on the website - that they were not going
to support 8.5

I asked for the email to be passed on to the PR executive, and was
promised it will be. Many others may have complained similarly, as
FileMaker Inc seems to have made a U turn. Now it does appear that
they will, after all, support 8.5 users by releasing a patch. I am
looking forward it it.

The current workaround involves changing the International language
preference to US English. This is not wholly difficult, but does
become a pain at times. So, bring that patch on!