You don't have to be a techie to use FileMaker Pro 12, but you do need to know what you're doing. With this crystal-clear guide, you'll learn how to create a powerful database that lets you do almost anything with your data. Whether you're running a business, printing a catalog, or planning a wedding, you'll learn how to customize your database and put it to work. The important stuff you need to know: Get started. Tour FileMaker Pro's features and create your first database in minutes. Catalog your data. View, sort, and shape information in dozens of ways. Create professional documents.…mehr
You don't have to be a techie to use FileMaker Pro 12, but you do need to know what you're doing. With this crystal-clear guide, you'll learn how to create a powerful database that lets you do almost anything with your data. Whether you're running a business, printing a catalog, or planning a wedding, you'll learn how to customize your database and put it to work. The important stuff you need to know: Get started. Tour FileMaker Pro's features and create your first database in minutes. Catalog your data. View, sort, and shape information in dozens of ways. Create professional documents. Publish reports, invoices, and other documents with ease. Harness processing power. Use calculations and scripts to crunch numbers, search text, and automate tasks. Add visual power and clarity. Create colorful charts to illustrate and summarize your data. Think like a developer. Dive into the high-level features of FileMaker Pro Advanced.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Susan Prosser is a reformed journalist who's stopped trying to bring information to the people and now helps them manage the data they already have. She is a FileMaker Certified Developer and has developed FileMaker databases for 12 years, and also trains and writes curricula for other developers. Stuart Gripman is the founder of Crooked Arm Corp, a full-service FileMaker Pro consulting and development firm based in Berkeley, California. A FileMaker Certified Developer, he has written for both Macworld and MacLife.
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The Missing Credits About the Authors About the Creative Team Acknowledgments The Missing Manual Series Introduction Why FileMaker Pro? About This Book Macintosh and Windows About the Outline What's New in FileMaker Pro 12 The Very Basics About Online Resources Safari® Books Online Part 1: Getting Started with FileMaker Chapter 1: Working with a Database 1.1 A Very Quick Database Tour 1.2 Opening and Closing Database Files 1.3 Adding Data to Your Database 1.4 Navigating Your Database 1.5 Finding Records 1.6 Sorting Records 1.7 Same Database, Different Views 1.8 Saving Your Database 1.9 Using FileMaker's Help Menu Chapter 2: Organizing and Editing Records 2.1 Views 2.2 Advanced Find Techniques 2.3 Editing What's in Your Fields 2.4 Changing Text Appearance 2.5 Checking Spelling 2.6 Preview Mode and Printing Part 2: Building Your First Database Chapter 3: Creating a Custom Database 3.1 Creating a New Database 3.2 Creating and Managing Fields in Table View 3.3 Understanding Layouts 3.4 Customizing a Layout 3.5 Creating a New Layout 3.6 Arrange and Align Tools Chapter 4: Adding Power to Your Database 4.1 Creating a Simple Calculation 4.2 Creating a Related Table 4.3 Creating and Using Portals 4.4 Using Tab Controls 4.5 Adding Merge Fields 4.6 Writing a Basic Script 4.7 Creating a Dynamic Report with the Assistant 4.8 Creating a Trailing Group Report 4.9 Creating Charts in Table View 4.10 Changing the Default Account 4.11 Summing Up Part 3: Thinking Like a Developer Chapter 5: Creating and Managing a Relational Database 5.1 Understanding Relational Databases 5.2 Modeling Your Database 5.3 Creating a Relational Database 5.4 Using Relational Database Power 5.5 Lookups 5.6 Reviewing Relationship Concepts Chapter 6: Field Options 6.1 Understanding Field Types 6.2 Auto-Enter Field Options 6.3 Validation Options 6.4 Storage Options 6.5 Beyond Text: Container Fields Chapter 7: Layout Mechanics 7.1 Layout Types 7.2 Layout Parts 7.3 Formatting Fields 7.4 Advanced Field Controls 7.5 Tab Order 7.6 Creating Layouts for Printing Chapter 8: Layout Design 8.1 Layout Themes 8.2 Touch Themes 8.3 Grids, Guides, and Dynamic Guides 8.4 Screen Stencils 8.5 Data Formatting 8.6 Merge Fields 8.7 Merge Variables 8.8 Tooltips 8.9 Autosizing 8.10 Buttons Chapter 9: Understanding Calculations 9.1 Understanding Calculations 9.2 Using a Related Field in a Calculation 9.3 Understanding the Specify Calculation Dialog Box 9.4 Auto-Enter Calculations 9.5 Validate Data Entry with a Calculation 9.6 Commenting in Calculations Chapter 10: More Calculations and Data Types 10.1 Number Crunching Calculations 10.2 Going Beyond Basic Calculations 10.3 Text Calculations 10.4 Date and Time Calculations 10.5 Containers in Calculations Chapter 11: Understanding Scripts 11.1 Understanding Scripts 11.2 Your First Script 11.3 Shortcuts to the Edit Script Window 11.4 The Importance of the Layout 11.5 Running Scripts 11.6 Organizing Your Scripts 11.7 Branching and Looping in Scripts 11.8 Script Triggers Chapter 12: Exploring Script Steps 12.1 Go to Layout 12.2 Go to Object 12.3 Scripting for Fields 12.4 Working with Records 12.5 Finding Records 12.6 Sorting Records 12.7 Working with Windows 12.8 Working with Files 12.9 Printing 12.10 Other Script Steps Part 4: Becoming a Power Developer Chapter 13: Applying Developer Utilities 13.1 Copying and Pasting Database Structure 13.2 Script Debugger 13.3 The Data Viewer 13.4 Disable Script Steps 13.5 The Database Design Report 13.6 Custom Functions 13.7 Custom Menus 13.8 Developer Utilities 13.9 File Maintenance Chapter 14: Advanced Relationship Techniques 14.1 Advanced Relationships 14.2 Portal Filtering 14.3 Understanding Table Occurrences 14.4 Table Occurrence Groups 14.5 Understanding Graph Arrangements 14.6 Connecting Database Files 14.7 Using Multiple Relationship Techniques Chapter 15: Reporting and Analysis 15.1 Summary Fields and Subsummary Parts 15.2 Web Viewer Objects 15.3 Conditional Formatting 15.4 Basic Charting (Found Set Charts) 15.5 Chart Formatting 15.6 Charting and Reports 15.7 Advanced Charting Chapter 16: Advanced Calculations 16.1 Understanding Boolean Functions 16.2 Using Storage Options 16.3 Logical Functions 16.4 The Let() Function and Variables 16.5 Recursion 16.6 Plug-Ins Chapter 17: Advanced Scripting 17.1 Commenting Scripts 17.2 Importing Scripts 17.3 Communicating with Database Users 17.4 Creating Modular Scripts 17.5 Script Parameters 17.6 Script Variables 17.7 Handling Errors 17.8 Advanced Script Triggers 17.9 Putting a Complex Script Together Part 5: Security and Integration Chapter 18: Sharing Your Database 18.1 FileMaker Network Sharing 18.2 Sharing Over the Internet 18.3 FileMaker Server 18.4 Server Hardware 18.5 FileMaker Go Chapter 19: Adding Security 19.1 How Security Works 19.2 Privilege Sets 19.3 Managing Accounts 19.4 Extended Privileges 19.5 Managing External File Access 19.6 Scripts and Security Chapter 20: Sharing Data with Other Systems 20.1 Sharing Your Data with Others 20.2 Snapshot Link 20.3 External SQL Sources 20.4 Exporting Data 20.5 Importing Data 20.6 Import Data Sources 20.7 Importing and Exporting in a Script Part 6: Appendixes Getting Help Getting Help from FileMaker Pro FileMaker's Installed Extras Getting Help from the Community File Conversion Compatibility Understanding Conversion Start with a Test Run Converting a Single File Converting Multiple Files Using the Insert Commands with Container Fields FileMaker Error Codes
The Missing Credits About the Authors About the Creative Team Acknowledgments The Missing Manual Series Introduction Why FileMaker Pro? About This Book Macintosh and Windows About the Outline What's New in FileMaker Pro 12 The Very Basics About Online Resources Safari® Books Online Part 1: Getting Started with FileMaker Chapter 1: Working with a Database 1.1 A Very Quick Database Tour 1.2 Opening and Closing Database Files 1.3 Adding Data to Your Database 1.4 Navigating Your Database 1.5 Finding Records 1.6 Sorting Records 1.7 Same Database, Different Views 1.8 Saving Your Database 1.9 Using FileMaker's Help Menu Chapter 2: Organizing and Editing Records 2.1 Views 2.2 Advanced Find Techniques 2.3 Editing What's in Your Fields 2.4 Changing Text Appearance 2.5 Checking Spelling 2.6 Preview Mode and Printing Part 2: Building Your First Database Chapter 3: Creating a Custom Database 3.1 Creating a New Database 3.2 Creating and Managing Fields in Table View 3.3 Understanding Layouts 3.4 Customizing a Layout 3.5 Creating a New Layout 3.6 Arrange and Align Tools Chapter 4: Adding Power to Your Database 4.1 Creating a Simple Calculation 4.2 Creating a Related Table 4.3 Creating and Using Portals 4.4 Using Tab Controls 4.5 Adding Merge Fields 4.6 Writing a Basic Script 4.7 Creating a Dynamic Report with the Assistant 4.8 Creating a Trailing Group Report 4.9 Creating Charts in Table View 4.10 Changing the Default Account 4.11 Summing Up Part 3: Thinking Like a Developer Chapter 5: Creating and Managing a Relational Database 5.1 Understanding Relational Databases 5.2 Modeling Your Database 5.3 Creating a Relational Database 5.4 Using Relational Database Power 5.5 Lookups 5.6 Reviewing Relationship Concepts Chapter 6: Field Options 6.1 Understanding Field Types 6.2 Auto-Enter Field Options 6.3 Validation Options 6.4 Storage Options 6.5 Beyond Text: Container Fields Chapter 7: Layout Mechanics 7.1 Layout Types 7.2 Layout Parts 7.3 Formatting Fields 7.4 Advanced Field Controls 7.5 Tab Order 7.6 Creating Layouts for Printing Chapter 8: Layout Design 8.1 Layout Themes 8.2 Touch Themes 8.3 Grids, Guides, and Dynamic Guides 8.4 Screen Stencils 8.5 Data Formatting 8.6 Merge Fields 8.7 Merge Variables 8.8 Tooltips 8.9 Autosizing 8.10 Buttons Chapter 9: Understanding Calculations 9.1 Understanding Calculations 9.2 Using a Related Field in a Calculation 9.3 Understanding the Specify Calculation Dialog Box 9.4 Auto-Enter Calculations 9.5 Validate Data Entry with a Calculation 9.6 Commenting in Calculations Chapter 10: More Calculations and Data Types 10.1 Number Crunching Calculations 10.2 Going Beyond Basic Calculations 10.3 Text Calculations 10.4 Date and Time Calculations 10.5 Containers in Calculations Chapter 11: Understanding Scripts 11.1 Understanding Scripts 11.2 Your First Script 11.3 Shortcuts to the Edit Script Window 11.4 The Importance of the Layout 11.5 Running Scripts 11.6 Organizing Your Scripts 11.7 Branching and Looping in Scripts 11.8 Script Triggers Chapter 12: Exploring Script Steps 12.1 Go to Layout 12.2 Go to Object 12.3 Scripting for Fields 12.4 Working with Records 12.5 Finding Records 12.6 Sorting Records 12.7 Working with Windows 12.8 Working with Files 12.9 Printing 12.10 Other Script Steps Part 4: Becoming a Power Developer Chapter 13: Applying Developer Utilities 13.1 Copying and Pasting Database Structure 13.2 Script Debugger 13.3 The Data Viewer 13.4 Disable Script Steps 13.5 The Database Design Report 13.6 Custom Functions 13.7 Custom Menus 13.8 Developer Utilities 13.9 File Maintenance Chapter 14: Advanced Relationship Techniques 14.1 Advanced Relationships 14.2 Portal Filtering 14.3 Understanding Table Occurrences 14.4 Table Occurrence Groups 14.5 Understanding Graph Arrangements 14.6 Connecting Database Files 14.7 Using Multiple Relationship Techniques Chapter 15: Reporting and Analysis 15.1 Summary Fields and Subsummary Parts 15.2 Web Viewer Objects 15.3 Conditional Formatting 15.4 Basic Charting (Found Set Charts) 15.5 Chart Formatting 15.6 Charting and Reports 15.7 Advanced Charting Chapter 16: Advanced Calculations 16.1 Understanding Boolean Functions 16.2 Using Storage Options 16.3 Logical Functions 16.4 The Let() Function and Variables 16.5 Recursion 16.6 Plug-Ins Chapter 17: Advanced Scripting 17.1 Commenting Scripts 17.2 Importing Scripts 17.3 Communicating with Database Users 17.4 Creating Modular Scripts 17.5 Script Parameters 17.6 Script Variables 17.7 Handling Errors 17.8 Advanced Script Triggers 17.9 Putting a Complex Script Together Part 5: Security and Integration Chapter 18: Sharing Your Database 18.1 FileMaker Network Sharing 18.2 Sharing Over the Internet 18.3 FileMaker Server 18.4 Server Hardware 18.5 FileMaker Go Chapter 19: Adding Security 19.1 How Security Works 19.2 Privilege Sets 19.3 Managing Accounts 19.4 Extended Privileges 19.5 Managing External File Access 19.6 Scripts and Security Chapter 20: Sharing Data with Other Systems 20.1 Sharing Your Data with Others 20.2 Snapshot Link 20.3 External SQL Sources 20.4 Exporting Data 20.5 Importing Data 20.6 Import Data Sources 20.7 Importing and Exporting in a Script Part 6: Appendixes Getting Help Getting Help from FileMaker Pro FileMaker's Installed Extras Getting Help from the Community File Conversion Compatibility Understanding Conversion Start with a Test Run Converting a Single File Converting Multiple Files Using the Insert Commands with Container Fields FileMaker Error Codes
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