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
Index I-3
default values for layout themes 3-9
default XML namespace declarations 7-2
default.htm 6-5
Define Fields command
unavailable in FileMaker Pro 4-2, 4-10
unavailable in runtime applications 4-2,
A-1
Define Relationships command
unavailable in FileMaker Pro 4-2, 4-10
unavailable in runtime applications 4-2,
A-1
Define Value Lists command
unavailable in runtime applications 4-2,
4-9, A-1
-delete requests B-3
DELETE SQL statements 9-4, 9-6
design tips
for cross-platform files 2-11
desktop conflicts with filename
extensions 4-8
Developer Tool. See FileMaker Developer
Tool
developer-tool-independent example 9-8
dictionaries.
See spelling dictionaries
differences between runtime applications and
FileMaker Pro A-1
Display encoding parameter 8-14
distributing runtime databases 5-1, 5-4
Do_Init function 10-11
Document Object Model (DOM)
Microsoft 7-3
W3C 7-16
Document Preferences in runtime
applications A-2
document type definitions (DTDs) 7-2, 7-3,
7-5
documenting
custom databases 2-8, 2-11
external function plug-ins 10-13
runtime databases 5-5, 5-7
double colons in portal fields
in CGI requests 7-9, 8-4
in XML documents 7-4
driver properties, for FileMaker JDBC
URL 9-3
DRW graphic import filter 5-2
–dso_xml format parameter 7-3
Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) 5-1, 5-2
E
–edit requests
CDML examples 8-4
XML examples 7-9, B-3
editing multiple records in portals 7-9, 8-4
EFFECT attribute 3-7
elements
in FMPDSORESULT grammars 7-3
in FMPXMLLAYOUT grammars 7-7
in FMPXMLRESULT grammars 7-5
in layout themes 3-3
Employee Database CDML example 8-15
emulating interface elements 2-6
encoded XML 7-3, 7-7
encoding parameters for CDML 8-6, 8-14
encrypting data 9-2
Error Log File option 6-4, 6-14
-errorfrtfield variable tag 8-9
errors
creating error messages 8-13
during binding 4-6
-errnum CDML variable tag 8-13
-error CDML variable tag 8-13
Error folder 8-13
error pages recognized by the Web
Companion 8-13
specifying FileMaker Pro error codes 7-3,
8-13, C-1
escape driver property 9-4
escaping of lower ASCII characters 9-7
example CGI requests for XML B-1
example Plug-In file 10-4
examples
comparing CSS, XSL, and
JavaScript 7-11
Creating Dynamic Buttons 2-6
custom About layouts 2-8
custom Help layouts 2-9
Employee Database 8-15
FileMaker Pro Explorer 9-8
generated FMPDSORESULT
grammar 7-4
generated FMPXMLLAYOUT
grammar 7-7
generated FMPXMLRESULT
grammar 7-6
Guest Book 8-16
JBuilder Inventory 9-11
Kiosk Solution Example 2-4, 4-1
registering the FileMaker JDBC
Driver 9-3
Relational Example 2-1
Runtime Solution Example 4-1
sample license agreement 1-13, 5-4
Shopping Cart 8-17
using proprietary FileMaker Java
classes 9-18
Visual Cafe Inventory 9-14
XML and CSS 7-13
XML and JavaScript 7-15
XML and XSLT 7-14
XML Inventory 7-16
Excel import filter 5-3
exporting data into HTML tables 6-16