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Use FileMaker Pro design and scripting to quickly, easily build databases that solve real problems

FileMaker Pro has grown up, and it's better than ever! This easy-to-use guide shows you how to design a great FileMaker application, build a database that works, add the functionality you need, populate your database, and venture into programming with ScriptMaker. You'll find out how to share and protect your database, too.

Discover how to

• Build a layout that works

• Create custom triggers and calculated fields

• Generate reports automatically

• Manage security

• Publish your database on the Web

• Embed pictures, sound, and video

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 7 Ratings

Dan Butts - 2007-05-28
Reviewer Rating:
Book is littered with technical errors and examples that do not work. Don't waste your money!

Excellent book for beginning Filemaker projects and beyond - 2007-04-05
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I found this book to be very informative and helpful. It walks you through the steps to setting up a database with tables and layouts and starting script writing. I liked the humor thrown in. Reading and following the examples helped make alot of sense out of what the book was trying to accomplish, which was setting up the database.

wonderful beginner book - 2007-05-18
Reviewer Rating:
in doing my research of filemaker pro, i came upon this book. my experience with the dummies series has always been excellent. his book was easy to understand with a hysterical sense of humor. i use the book continually as a reference. i ended up taking a class on filemaker pro which i highly recommend. sometimes you just need someone in front of you to be able to ask questions.

one note... in the beginning of the book, the author stated, "FileMaker provides full, multiuser support for up to five users without requiring the user to add any additional licenses or patches." that statement is misleading. i understood that statement to mean one license would allow five user. not true! as long as each computer attempting to view the same file has a unique license number, five users can access the same file at the same time. if more than five users at a time are going to be using the file, you'll need to buy filemaker server. that is my only complaint. other than that, fabulous!

Disappointing - 2009-10-16
Reviewer Rating:
I bought this book to learn scripting, but does not have enough on scripting. The FileMaker Pro Bible & the Missing Manual are better.
On second thought, if you are an absolute beginner at scripting, it might be good.

This title assumes you have FileMaker Pro version 8. - 2008-10-07
Reviewer Rating:
Before I bought this book I could not discover what version of FileMaker Pro it covered. (I have version 7.)

So I bought it anyhow and as soon as it arrived I discovered it assumed you were using version 8. Oh well... close enough! :-)

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