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-7
for ODBC driver 1-13
for runtime database solutions 1-13
sample file 1-13, 5-4
links
HREF 6-2, 6-6, 7-2, 8-4
testing 6-17
to CDML format files 8-2
to IP addresses 6-6
XML example requests B-1
Local Data Access Companion plug-in A-1
localhost networking 6-6, 6-17
log files
generated by the Web Companion 6-13
-lop request parameter B-7
Lotus SLD graphic import filter 5-2
lt (less than) character entity 3-4
M
Mac OS X
and FileMaker Pro 1-11
Help tags 2-8
requirements for FileMaker
Developer 1-2
specifying a port number 6-4
MacPaint graphic import filter 5-2
–mailfmtfield variable tag 8-9
main entry point for external function plug-
ins 10-9
MAPI 1-3
mapping
colors for cross-platform databases 2-13
mapping data type 9-4, 9-7
master passwords 2-7
-max request parameter B-8
menu commands
available in FileMaker Pro A-3
available in runtime applications A-3
custom About layout 4-2, 4-4, 4-11, A-1
custom Help layout 4-2, 4-4, 4-12, A-1
default About runtime layout 4-12
permanently unavailable in FileMaker
Pro 4-2, 4-10
unavailable in runtime applications 4-2,
4-9, A-1
messages
error, examples of 8-14
errors sent by the Web Companion 8-13,
C-1
sent to external function plug-ins 10-10
Metafile graphic import filter 5-2
Microsoft Notepad 7-19
Microsoft XML Data Source Object
(DSO) 7-2, 7-3
MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail
Extensions) types 6-13
MindVision Installer VISE 5-4
minimum requirements for runtime database
solutions 5-5
ModId pseudo column 9-4
-modid request parameter B-7
modifying FileMaker Pro layout themes 3-1
monitoring web sites
using external functions 6-14
using log files 6-13
MRJ 2.2 9-9
multi-line elements for layout themes 3-4, 3-5
N
namespaces, XML
described 7-3
for the FMPDSORESULT grammar 7-4
for the FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar 7-7
for the FMPXMLRESULT grammar 7-6
naming runtime database solutions 4-7
navigating in Kiosk mode 2-4
NCSA/CERN-compatible Common Log
Format 6-13
Netscape Communicator 4.0 9-18
networking 1-1, 1-2
New Database script step A-6
New Database tool A-2
New Layout/Report assistant 3-1, 3-3, 3-5
–new requests
CDML examples 8-4
XML examples 7-9, B-2
Notepad 9-10, 9-11
O
ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) driver
See also JDBC, FileMaker JDBC Driver
Java equivalent 9-1
OLE automation in runtime applications A-1
onClick JavaScript 6-8
onClick scripting event 7-15
onLoad event handler 7-16
ONOFF attribute 3-8
onscreen Help. See Help
-op request parameter B-7
Open Define Fields script step A-6
Open Define Relationships script step A-6
Open Define Value List script step A-6
Open File script step 2-17, A-6
Open Help script step A-6
Open ScriptMaker script step A-6
Open Sharing script step A-6
Open tool A-2
opening
files in runtime applications 2-2, 5-6
runtime databases in FileMaker Pro 2-3,
2-7, 4-9
outline and shadow text styles 2-12
P
Page Setup/Print Setup script steps 2-14