FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual

by Susan Prosser, Geoff Coffey

Overview

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 away

Catalog people, processes, and things with streamlined data entry and sorting tools

Use your data to generate reports, correspondence, and other documents with ease

Create, connect, and manage multiple tables and set up complex relationships that display just the data you need

Crunch numbers, search text, or pin down dates and times with dozens of built-in formulas

Outfit your database for the Web, and import and export data to other formats

You'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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780596154233
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/01/2009
Series:	Missing Manual Series
Pages:	831
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

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].

Table of Contents

• The Missing Credits
• Introduction
• Part I: Getting Started with FileMaker
  • Chapter 1: Working with a Database
  • Chapter 2: Organizing and Editing Records
  • Chapter 3: Building a New Database
• Part II: Layouts
  • Chapter 4: Understanding Layouts
  • Chapter 5: Building Basic Layouts
  • Chapter 6: Advanced Layouts and Reports
• Part III: Multiple Tables and Relationships
  • Chapter 7: Adding Multiple Tables and Relationships
  • Chapter 8: Advanced Relationship Techniques
• Part IV: Calculations
  • Chapter 9: Understanding Calculations
  • Chapter 10: More Calculations and Data Types
  • Chapter 11: Advanced Calculations
  • Chapter 12: Extending Calculations
• Part V: Scripting
  • Chapter 13: Understanding Scripts
  • Chapter 14: Exploring Script Steps
  • Chapter 15: Advanced Scripting
• Part VI: Security and Integration
  • Chapter 16: Adding Security
  • Chapter 17: Sharing Data with Other Systems
  • Chapter 18: Sharing Your Database
  • Chapter 19: Applying Developer Utilities
• Part VII: Appendixes
  • Getting Help
  • FileMaker Error Codes
• Colophon