Susan Prosser

FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The FileMaker Pro 10 desktop database lets you do almost anything with the information you give it -- especially with this book as your guide. Clear, thorough, and accessible, FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual helps you get in, build your database, and get the results you need, whether you're running a business, pursuing a hobby, or planning your retirement. It's the ideal guide for non-technical and experienced folks alike.Each chapter in this fully updated edition covers the latest timesaving features of FileMaker Pro 10, including saved finds and a redesigned toolbar that reveals information and features more clearly than ever. You'll learn how to import information from the new Bento consumer database (Mac only), write scripts to make your database even easier to use, and send email without leaving FileMaker.With this book, you will:Get your first database running in minutes and perform basic tasks right awayCatalog people, processes, and things with streamlined data entry and sorting toolsUse your data to generate reports, correspondence, and other documents with easeCreate, connect, and manage multiple tables and set up complex relationships that display just the data you needCrunch numbers, search text, or pin down dates and times with dozens of built-in formulasOutfit your database for the Web, and import and export data to other formatsYou'll also get objective advice on which features are really useful, and which aren't. To make the most of this database, you need FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual -- the book that should have been in the box.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• Seitenzahl: 834
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780596550837
• Artikelnr.: 52982197

Autorenporträt

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. Susan is a FileMaker Certified Developer and has developed FileMaker databases for 12 years, but returns to her roots by training and writing curriculum for other developers. Geoff Coffey has been helping people solve problems with FileMaker Pro for over 10 years. He is a partner at Six Fried Rice (http: //sixfriedrice.com/), a FileMaker Pro consulting and training firm based in Phoenix, Arizona. Six Fried Rice brings the power and simplicity of FileMaker Pro to individuals, workgroups, enterprise, and the web through world-class training, expert advice, and custom development. He lives in downtown Phoenix with his wife of 14 years and his two daughters, Isabel (9) and Sophia (5). If you're a FileMaker fan, you can reach Geoff any time at [e-mail].

Inhaltsangabe

The Missing Credits
About the Authors
About the Creative Team
The Missing Manual Series
Introduction
Why FileMaker Pro?
What's New in FileMaker Pro 10
The Very Basics
About This Book
Part I: 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 Records 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
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 Printing and Preview Mode
2.7 Beyond Text: Container Fields
Chapter 3: Building a New Database
3.1 Tables and Fields
3.2 Defining Fields
3.3 Advanced Field Options
Part II: Layouts
Chapter 4: Understanding Layouts
4.1 What Is a Layout?
4.2 The Layout Bar
4.3 What Makes a Layout
4.4 Customizing a Layout
4.5 Determining Tab Order
Chapter 5: Building Basic Layouts
5.1 The Lowdown on Layout Types
5.2 Creating a Layout from Scratch
5.3 Conditional Formatting
5.4 Web Viewer Objects
5.5 Adding Tab Controls
5.6 Creating Layouts for Printing
Chapter 6: Advanced Layouts and Reports
6.1 Value Lists
6.2 Advanced Field Controls
6.3 Format the Number/Date/Time/Graphic
6.4 Adding Buttons
6.5 Summary Fields and Sub-Summary Parts
Part III: Multiple Tables and Relationships
Chapter 7: Adding Multiple Tables and Relationships
7.1 Relational Databases Explained
7.2 Modeling Your Database
7.3 Creating a Relational Database
7.4 Relational Databases
Chapter 8: Advanced Relationship Techniques
8.1 Creating Related Records
8.2 Table Occurrences
8.3 Managing Data with Data Tunneling
8.4 Building a Data Tunneling Interface
8.5 Connecting Database Files
8.6 Lookups
8.7 Advanced Relationships
Part IV: Calculations
Chapter 9: Understanding Calculations
9.1 Understanding Calculations
9.2 The Structure of a Calculation
9.3 Creating a Calculation Field
9.4 Auto-Enter Calculations
9.5 Validate Data Entry with a Calculation
9.6 Replacing Data Using a Calculation
9.7 Comments
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: Advanced Calculations
11.1 Conditional Formatting Formulas
11.2 Using Storage Options
11.3 Logical Functions
11.4 The Let( ) Function and Variables
Chapter 12: Extending Calculations
12.1 Custom Functions
12.2 Plug-Ins
Part V: Scripting
Chapter 13: Understanding Scripts
13.1 Your First Script
13.2 The Importance of the Layout
13.3 Running Scripts
13.4 Organizing Your Scripts
13.5 Branching and Looping in Scripts
13.6 Script Triggers
Chapter 14: Exploring Script Steps
14.1 Go to Layout
14.2 Scripting for Fields
14.3 Working with Records
14.4 Finding Records
14.5 Sorting Records
14.6 Working with Windows
14.7 Working with Files
14.8 Printing
14.9 Other Script Steps
Chapter 15: Advanced Scripting
15.1 Commenting Scripts
15.2 Communicating with Database Users
15.3 Organizing Complex Scripts
15.4 Handling Errors
15.5 Putting a Complex Script Together
15.6 Advanced Script Triggers
Part VI: Security and Integration
Chapter 16: Adding Security
16.1 How Security Works
16.2 Privilege Sets
16.3 Managing Accounts
16.4 Extended Privileges
16.5 Scripts and Security
Chapter 17: Sharing Data with Other Systems
17.1 Sharing Your Data with Others
17.2 External SQL Sources
17.3 Exporting Data
17.4 Importing Data
17.5 Import Data Sources
17.6 Importing and Exporting in a Script
Chapter 18: Sharing Your Database
18.1 FileMaker Network Sharing
18.2 Sharing over the Internet
18.3 FileMaker Server
18.4 Server Hardware
Chapter 19: Applying Developer Utilities
19.1 Copying and Pasting Database Structure
19.2 Script Debugger
19.3 The Data Viewer
19.4 Disable Script Steps
19.5 The Database Design Report
19.6 Tooltips
19.7 Custom Menus
19.8 Developer Utilities
Part VII: Appendixes
Getting Help
Getting Help from FileMaker Itself
Getting Help from FileMaker, Inc.
Getting Help from the Community
FileMaker Error Codes
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