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-5
registry conflicts (Windows) 4-8
filenames for instant web pages 6-13
files
closing in Kiosk mode 2-3
converting to FileMaker Pro 5.5 2-17
cross-platform 2-11
installed in FileMaker Developer 1-11
opening runtime 5-6
preparing 2-1, 2-11
recovering damaged 5-6
renaming 4-10
Find mode in runtime applications A-1
-find requests 7-13, 7-14, B-1
FMBanner applet 9-18
FMBanner.fp5 database 9-18
FMFlags.h header file 10-7
FMMemoPad applet 9-18
FMMemoPad.fp5 database 9-18
FMP.js JavaScript library 7-16, 7-17, 7-20
FMPDSORESULT grammars 7-3
FMP-If tag 8-10
FMP-Include tag 8-17
FMP-Log tag 6-14
FMProProxy Java class 9-17
FMProRequest Java class 9-17
FMProResponse Java class 9-17
Fmprt50.hlp file (Windows) 5-1
FMPXMLLAYOUT grammars 7-7
FMPXMLRESULT grammars 7-6
-fmtfield variable tag 8-9
FMTHEME element 3-2
FMX filename extension 10-3
FONT attribute 3-8
Fonts folder, including with runtime databases
(Mac OS) 5-3
fonts for cross-platform databases 2-11
footer layout parts 3-5
Format encoding parameter 8-14
format files
and web styles 6-13
described 8-2
templates, using 8-7
-format request parameter B-6
fp5 filename extension, adding 4-14
function name prefix for external function
plug-ins 10-10
functions
See also external functions
Status (CurrentError) C-1
Status (CurrentPlatform) 2-15
Web- external functions 6-15
Xpl- external functions 10-3, 10-5
G
Go to Layout script step 2-6
grammars. See XML
graphic import files 1-3
for runtime databases (Mac OS) 5-3
for runtime databases (Windows) 5-2
graphics in cross-platform databases 2-13
gt (greater than) character entity 3-4
Guest Book CDML example 8-15, 8-16
guest limit
Web Companion 6-2
H
Handles 10-12
hardware requirements, for runtime
applications 5-5
header layout parts 3-4
Help
Balloon Help (Mac OS) 2-8
button on toolbar in runtime
applications A-2
custom layout 2-8, 2-9
custom menu command 4-2, 4-12, A-1
documentation for custom databases 2-8,
2-11
examples of custom layouts 2-9
FileMaker Pro Help
Status Bar Help (Windows) 2-8
What’s This? Help (Windows) 2-10
Help layout
adding a custom script 4-2, 4-12
hexadecimal (hex) values for layout
themes 3-10
HINT attribute 3-2, 3-8
home button in browser 6-13
home pages
built-in 6-5
custom 6-1, 6-5
hosting multiple web sites 6-6
HREF links 6-2, 7-2, 8-4, B-1
HTML
described 7-1
encoding parameter for CDML format
files 8-14
form elements 8-8
form examples for XML B-1
format 7-2
forms 6-2, 7-2, 8-4
hidden INPUT tags 8-9
tables, exporting data into 6-16
translating information into 6-14
with XML and JavaScript 7-15
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
translating information into 6-14
using with FileMaker Java Class
Library 9-17
using with FileMaker JDBC Driver 9-2