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-8 Developer’s Guide
PARTNUMBER attribute 3-8
password driver property 9-4
passwords
decoding and repairing 2-15
default 2-7
master 2-7
protecting files from hackers 4-11
required warning in About layouts 2-16
PATTERN attribute 3-8
pattern palette, FileMaker Pro 3-9
pattern values for layout themes 3-9
PCX graphic import filter 5-2
People.fp5 database 7-11
people_form.css stylesheet 7-13
people_form.htm page 7-16
people_form.xsl stylesheet 7-14
Perform External Script script step A-6
permanently preventing modification of
databases
option in the Developer Tool 2-8, 4-2
required warning in About layouts 2-16
unavailable menu commands 4-10
PIC graphic import filter 5-2
platform-specific scripts 2-15
plug-ins
See also external function plug-ins
IDs 10-8, 10-9
in runtime applications A-1
Local Data Access Companion A-1
registering 10-13
registering ID 10-8
Remote Data Access Companion A-1
Web Companion 6-2, A-1
port, setting for Web Companion 6-4
portals
adding records 7-9, 8-4
editing multiple records 7-9, 8-4
Preferences message 10-12
preferences, in runtime applications A-1
preparing databases
for cross-platform use 2-11
for Kiosk mode 2-4
for runtime database solutions 2-2
Preview mode in runtime applications A-1
primary file
connecting auxiliary files 2-1
determining custom solution name 4-5
displaying About layout 2-9
in Kiosk mode 2-3
in Relational Solution Example 2-1
in runtime database solutions 4-6
problems with double-clicking 5-6
specifying for custom database
solutions 4-4
stored setting for Scripts menu name 4-13
updating 5-7
primary key. See RecordId pseudo column
Print Field Definitions script step A-6
Print Script Definitions script step A-6
Print script step 2-14
printing
from runtime applications 2-3
script steps for 2-14
setting document margins 2-3
protecting databases
by removing command access 4-2
in subfolders of the Web folder 6-18
with an About layout 2-8
with record-level passwords 6-4
with remote administration
passwords 6-18
with Web Security Database 6-4
publishing on the Web
See also Web Companion
comparing static HTML form with dynamic
CDML 8-16
database error codes C-1
described 6-1
encrypting data 9-2
error pages 8-13
exporting data into HTML tables 6-16
FileMaker Pro database-aware Java
applets 6-1, 9-1, 9-18
FileMaker Pro databases 6-1
read-only databases 7-2
using CDML 6-1, 6-2, 8-2
using custom home pages 6-5
using Instant Web Publishing 6-2
using Java 6-1, 9-1
using XML 6-1, 7-2
Q
QuickTime 1-3
movies in cross-platform databases 2-14
quot (“) character entity 3-4
R
Rapid Application Development (RAD)
tools 6-1, 9-1, 9-2
Raw encoding parameter 8-14
-recid request parameter B-7
RecordId pseudo column 9-4
recovering damaged runtime files 5-6
registering
FileMaker Developer 1-13
FileMaker JDBC Driver 9-2
FileMaker Pro external function plug-
ins 10-1, 10-13
plug-in ID 10-8
registry
conflicts with filename extensions 4-8
settings stored for runtime
applications A-6
Relational Example 2-1