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-6 Developer’s Guide
I
Idle message 10-11
If script step 2-14
Import script step 2-17
importing records 2-17
index.htm 6-5
Information Log File option 6-4, 6-14
Initialization message 10-11
INSERT SQL statements 9-4
installation code 1-1
installers
for custom database solutions 2-2
for runtime databases 5-4
installing
FileMaker Developer (Mac) 1-8
FileMaker Developer (Windows) 1-4
runtime database solutions 5-5
InstallShield 5-4
Instant Web Publishing
custom home pages with 6-1
described 6-2
script steps supported 6-9
IntelliMouse support 1-3
interface elements, emulating 2-6
internal reference links, updating 4-10
Internet Control Panel 1-3
Internet Explorer 4.0 7-3, 9-18
Internet Explorer 4.5 6-12
Internet Explorer 5.0 7-12, 7-17
Inventory.fp5 database 7-17, 9-11
inventory_db database 9-14, 9-16
IP addresses 6-4, 8-2
displaying with CDML 8-9
returned by external function 6-15
IP Guest Limit 6-2
ISP 1-2
J
Java 2 environments 9-2
Java applets
FMBanner 9-18
FMMemoPad 9-18
Microsoft XML DSO 7-3
Java applications
FileMaker Pro database-aware 9-1
FileMaker Pro Explorer example 9-8
JBuilder Inventory example 9-11
Visual Cafe Inventory example 9-14
Java classes
basic 9-1, 9-8
FileMaker proprietary 9-17
FMProRequest, FMProProxy, and
FMProResponse 9-17
Java Development Kit (JDK) 9-2, 9-8
JavaScript
and custom home page 6-7
and FileMaker Extended XML 7-2
example 7-15, 7-16
versus CSS or XSL 7-11
with Internet Explorer 4.0 7-3
JBuilder 3.0 Professional for Windows 9-1,
9-11
Jbuilder.ini file 9-11
JDBC
See also FileMaker JDBC Driver
described 9-1
JDBC 1.2 API 9-2
JDBC URL 9-2
K
key, binding 4-7
Kiosk mode
access privileges for opening 2-7
centering database windows 2-6
closing files 2-3
Developer Tool option 4-2
displaying runtime databases 2-3, 4-9
preparing databases 2-4
Kiosk Solution Example 2-4, 4-1
L
-lay request parameter B-6
Layout Mode command
unavailable in FileMaker Pro 4-2, 4-11
unavailable in runtime applications 4-2,
A-1
layout parts, XML elements for 3-4
layout themes
attribute values 3-7
attributes for single-line elements 3-6
basic requirements 3-3
checking for errors 3-11
color values 3-10
comment tags 3-10
creating 3-1
default values 3-9
elements for layout parts 3-4
elements for layout text 3-5
modifying 3-1
multi-line elements 3-4, 3-5
pattern values 3-9
single-line elements 3-4, 3-5
-layoutnames requests B-4
layouts
About layout 2-8, 4-12
cross-platform 2-11
Help layout 2-9
layouts, creating for custom web sites 6-7
leading grand summary layout parts 3-5
leading subsummary layout parts 3-5
license agreement
for FileMaker Developer 1-12