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-9
Remote Administration option 6-4
Remote Data Access Companion plug-in A-1
renaming
database files 4-10
Scripts menu 4-13, A-1
Solution Options file 4-14
repairing FileMaker Developer
(Windows) 1-8
requesting data. See FileMaker Pro CGI
requests
requirements
for About layouts 2-8, 2-15
for runtime applications 5-5
resource ID conflicts (Mac OS) 10-13
restoring
document and application icons (Mac
OS) 4-8
document icons (Windows) 4-8
Restrict access to IP addresses option 6-4
restricting access to menu commands 4-10
revising registered external function plug-
ins 10-14
runtime applications
See also runtime databases, runtime
database solutions
and Web Companion A-1
Apple events in A-1
Application Preferences A-1
compared to FileMaker Pro A-1
Document Preferences A-2
FileMaker Pro file sharing 5-5
ignored script steps A-6
registering filename extensions 5-6
requirements 5-5
starting 5-6
stored registry settings A-6
toolbars A-2
unavailable menu commands 4-2, 4-9,
A-1
What’s This? Help (Windows) 5-1
runtime database solutions
See also runtime applications, runtime
databases
About layout example 2-8
About layout requirements 2-8, 2-15
compression utility applications 5-5
creating 4-6
custom About layout 4-12
custom installers 5-4
distributing updates 5-4, 5-7
distribution requirements 2-15
documenting 5-5, 5-7
generated files by the Developer Tool 5-1
methods of distribution 5-1
naming 4-8
preparing files 2-2
recovering damaged files 5-6
required DLL files (Windows) 5-2
sample license agreement 1-13, 5-4
supplemental runtime files 5-1, 5-2, 5-3
runtime databases
automating the binding process 4-15
displaying in Kiosk mode 2-3
importing records 2-17
opening in FileMaker Pro 2-7, 4-9
opening in runtime applications 2-2
printing reports 2-3
upgrading 2-17
Runtime Files folder, contents of 5-1
Runtime Solution Example
About layout example 2-8
described 4-1
S
sample license agreement 1-13, 5-4
schemas. See XML grammars
Script Debugger 2-2
-script request parameter B-9
script steps ignored by runtime
applications A-6
-script.prefind request parameter B-9
-script.presort request parameter B-9
scripting languages
See also JavaScript
JavaScript 7-3
VBScript 7-3
ScriptMaker command
unavailable in FileMaker Pro 4-2, 4-11
unavailable in runtime applications 4-2,
A-1
-scriptnames requests B-4
scripts
attaching to About and Help
commands 2-8
attaching to buttons 2-6
debugging 2-2
for cross-platform printing 2-14
for emulating menu commands and window
controls 2-6
for FileMaker Pro CGI requests 7-2
for importing 2-17
for navigating in Kiosk mode 2-4
for opening runtime databases 2-3, 2-17
in layout for custom home page 6-8
platform-specific 2-15
startup 2-5, 2-6
using external functions 6-14
using the Solution Options file 4-15
Scripts menu
accelerator key for new name 4-13
renaming 4-13, A-1
searching
databases on the Web 6-1, 8-15
TechInfo database 1-13
security 6-3, 6-4