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Learn FileMaker Pro 6 Designed for both Macintosh and Windows users, Learn FileMaker Pro 6 teaches the fundamentals of this cross-platform relational database system from the ground up. This unique title includes essential information often missing from other books. Beginners learn the basic elements of FileMaker in a straightforward, step-by-step manner, complete with key objectives, hands-on exercises, and chapter review questions. For those who have experience with FileMaker, the book includes advanced information on connecting with remote databases and spreadsheets using ODBC, serving FileMaker databases on the Internet, using FileMaker Mobile, and exporting data using XML and XSL style sheets.
For those who have experience with FileMaker, the book includes information on troubleshooting and debugging scripts, creating a report based on a date range, and how to turn a field into a button. By the time readers complete this book, they will have a set of files they can use to keep track of customers and invoices.
The appendixes address issues such as network error messages and technical support. In addition, an extensive index with more than 3,000 entries guides the reader to specific FileMaker topics.
On the CD: The companion CD-ROM contains example and chapter files in both Windows and Macintosh formats, along with other FileMaker developer solutions and plug-ins.
Learn how to:
* Build and test
complex calculations
* Debug your scripts
* Create a report based on a date range
* Turn a field into a button
* Apply record-level security
* Use validation options to ensure data is entered
properly
* Share FileMaker databases on the Internet using Instant
Web Publishing
* Implement backup and recovery procedures.
About his book, Jonathan
says:
"I
wrote this book as if I were writing it for myself when I
started out. I remember how confusing it was trying to
figure out all the things left out of the manual and the
other books I'd bought to help me learn. I consider myself
of normal intelligence. So this book is not written by some
genius who assumes you know everything. I tried very hard
not to skip any of the steps you need to know. That makes
this book sort of 'For Dummies by a
Dummy.'
"I
also included information about how to figure things out for
yourself. Instead of just telling you how to solve 10
special problems, I show you how to solve almost any problem
you might come up against. You know, 'Give a man a fish, and
you feed him for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and you
feed him for a lifetime.'
"One
other example of how I approached this whole project is that
it took me 70 hours to create the index for the first
version of this book. I'm told most indexes take about 16
hours. I wanted this to be the index I wish was in the back
of every other technical book I've ever read. It's just so
frustrating to look for something you know you just read
about, but you can't find it. I spent my time so you won't
have to waste yours.
"And
finally, I had my mother do all the exercises in the book to
make sure it was clear enough for anybody else to learn. To
be fair to her, she's pretty sharp, but she had never worked
with FileMaker before. I rewrote quite a bit of the text as
a result of her suggestions. That's how important it was for
me to make this as good a book as I could."
--
Jonathan Stars
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