Developer’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Preface Introducing FileMaker Developer 5.5
- Chapter 1 Installing FileMaker Developer 5.5
- What you need to install FileMakerDeveloper
- System requirements for FileMaker Developer 5.5
- Networking requirements
- Web publishing requirements
- Requirements for advanced features (Windows)
- Requirements for advanced features (MacOS)
- Installing FileMaker Developer 5.5 in Windows
- Installing FileMaker Developer 5.5 in the MacOS
- New features in FileMaker Pro
- FileMaker Pro 5.5 and Mac OS X
- Contents of the FileMaker Developer 5.5 folder
- Contents of the Developer Extras folder on the FileMaker Developer 5.5 CD
- Read Me file
- Electronic documentation
- Abiding by the license agreement
- Registration and customer support
- About the TechInfo database
- Chapter 2 Creating a database solution
- Overview of preparing your solutionfiles
- Considerations for a runtime databasesolution
- Considerations for Kiosk mode
- Using scripts to control your solution
- Protecting your database solution files
- Providing user documentation
- Design tips for cross-platform solutions
- Creating a consistent appearance
- Simulating outline and shadow text styles
- Using common character sets
- Designing text layouts for cross-platform solutions
- Using a common color palette
- Using graphics in cross-platform solutions
- Using QuickTime movies in cross-platform solutions
- Showing the status bar in Windows
- Using separate scripts for printing
- Using the Status (CurrentPlatform) function
- Creating platform-specific scripts
- Your responsibilities as a developer
- Testing before and after creating yoursolution
- Converting and upgrading solution files
- Chapter 3 Creating custom layout themes
- Chapter 4 Using the FileMaker Developer Tool
- About the solution examples
- Using the FileMaker Developer Tool
- Binding your databases into a runtime database solution
- Creating Kiosk-mode solutions
- Renaming your databases
- Removing design access to your databases
- Customizing the About, Help, and Scriptsmenus
- Adding the FileMakerPro extension to database filenames
- Saving your settings in the Developer Tool
- Chapter 5 Distributing FileMakerPro runtime database solutions
- Chapter 6 Publishing your database on the Web
- Types of web publishing
- Using the FileMakerPro Web Companion
- Creating a custom home page
- Creating a custom home page for Instant Web Publishing
- Creating a custom web site using a database layout
- Web Companion support for Internet mediatypes
- Monitoring your site
- Exporting data to a static HTML page
- Testing your site without a networkconnection
- Opening password-protected databasesremotely
- Chapter 7 Using FileMakerPro XML to deliver your data
- About the XML examples
- General process for custom web publishing using XML
- Generating an XML document
- Using the FMPDSORESULT grammar
- Using the FileMakerPro Extended XMLgrammars
- About UTF-8 encoded data
- Generating FileMakerPro CGI requests for an XML document
- Using style sheets with your XMLdocument
- Comparing CSS, XSLT, and JavaScript
- Looking at the XML Inventory example
- Chapter 8 Custom web publishing using CDML
- About the CDML examples
- General steps for custom web publishing using CDML
- About CDML format files
- Generating FileMakerPro CGI requests using CDML
- Using the CDML Tool and templates
- Modified CDML tags
- About the CDML Reference database
- Creating error messages
- Using an encoding parameter with a CDML replacement tag
- Planning your web site
- Chapter 9 Using Java and JDBC to deliver your data
- About the JDBC examples
- About JDBC
- Using the FileMaker JDBC Driver
- SQL supported by the FileMaker JDBCDriver
- FileMakerPro support for Unicodecharacters
- About the FileMaker JDBC Driver interfaces and extensions
- Example 1: Looking at the FileMakerPro Explorer application
- Example 2: Creating the JBuilder Inventoryapplication
- Example 3: Creating the Visual Cafe Inventory application
- Using the FileMaker Java classes
- Chapter 10 Understanding external function plug-ins
- About external functions
- About the plug-in example file
- Installing, enabling, and configuring the exampleplug-in
- Description of the FMExample plug-in’s externalfunctions
- Using the example plug-in
- Customizing the plug-in example
- Requirements for writing an external function plug-in
- FileMakerPro messages sent to theplugin
- Debugging your plug-in
- Avoiding potential MacOS resourceconflicts
- Providing documentation for your plug-in
- Registering your plug-ins
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application and FileMakerPro
- Appendix B Valid names used in CGI requests for FileMakerProXMLdata
- Generating a –find, –findall, or –findany request
- Generating a –view request
- Generating a –new request
- Generating an –edit request
- Generating a –delete request
- Generating a –dbnames request
- Generating a –layoutnames request
- Generating a –scriptnames request
- Generating a –dbopen request
- Generating a –dbclose request
- Generating a -dup request
- Generating an -img request
- Specifying parameters for the request
- –db (Database)
- –lay (Layout)
- –format (Format)
- –recid (Record ID)
- –modid (Modification ID)
- –lop (Logical operator)
- –op (Comparison operator)
- –max (Maximum records)
- –skip (Skip records)
- –sortfield (Sort field)
- –sortorder (Sort order)
- –script (Script)
- –script.prefind (Script before Find)
- –script.presort (Script before Sort)
- –styletype (Style type)
- –stylehref (Style href)
- –password (Database password)
- field name (Name of specific field)
- Appendix C FileMakerPro values for error codes
- Index
I-2 Developer’s Guide
using 8-12
CDML tags disabled in 5.5 8-9
CDML Tool
choosing encoding parameters 8-6
described 8-1, 8-5
displaying tag syntax 8-6
parameters and value list options 8-6
tag categories 8-8
Tags tab 8-6
Templates tab 8-5
using 8-5
centering database windows in Kiosk
mode 2-6
CGI requests.
See FileMaker Pro CGI requests
CGM graphic import filter 5-2
character entities, XML 3-4
character escaping 9-4
characters, platform-specific 2-12
Claddon.clr spelling dictionary 5-3
COLOR attribute 3-7
color palette
FileMaker Pro 3-10
for cross-platform databases 2-13
color values for layout themes 3-10
com.fmi.jdbc.JdbcDriver driver class 9-2
comment tags
in CDML templates 8-7
in Java examples 9-10
in layout themes 3-10
Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
See also FileMaker Pro CGI requests
described 6-2
Common Log Format 6-14
compression utilities for runtime
databases 5-5
configuring external function plug-ins 10-3,
10-9, 10-12
container fields 6-16
converting databases to FileMaker Pro
5.5 2-17
Creating Dynamic Buttons example 2-6
creator codes 4-8
cross-platform databases
binding 4-9
character sets 2-12
color palettes 2-13
design tips 2-11
fonts 2-11
graphics 2-13
outline and shadow text styles 2-12
platform-specific scripts 2-15
QuickTime movies 2-14
scripts for printing 2-14
showing and hiding status bar
(Windows) 2-14
Status (CurrentPlatform) function 2-15
testing 2-16
text layouts 2-13
CSS and XML 7-11
custom
About command 4-11, A-1
About layouts 2-8, 2-9
databases, testing 2-16
Help command 4-12, A-1
Help layouts 2-8, 2-9
installers for runtime databases 5-4
layout themes 3-1
Scripts menu name 4-13
custom error pages using CDML 8-13
custom home page
creating with a layout 6-7
creating with JavaScript 6-7
described 8-2
displaying on the Web 6-5
custom web portal example 6-7
custom web publishing
using a database layout 6-1
using CDML 6-1, 6-2, 8-2
using Java 9-1
using XML 6-1, 7-1
customer support 1-13
D
damaged runtime files, recovering 5-6
data import files
for runtime databases (Mac OS) 5-3
for runtime databases (Windows) 5-2
data type mapping 9-4, 9-7
Database Design Report
described 2-2
template files installed 1-11
XML grammar 2-2
database error codes 7-3
databases
converting to FileMaker Pro 5.5 2-17
cross-platform 2-11
opening runtime 5-6
preparing 2-2, 2-11
preventing modification 2-8
recovering damaged 5-6
renaming 4-10
-db request parameter B-6
dBASE import filter 5-2, 5-3
-dbnames requests B-3
DbOpen and DbClose pseudo procedures 9-5
-dbopen and -dbclose requests 6-18, B-4
Debug Script 2-2
debugging
external function plug-ins 10-13
scripts 2-2
decoding and repairing passwords 2-15
default home page, setting 6-6