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-10 Developer’s Guide
SELECT SQL statements 9-4, 9-6
Set Multi-User script step A-6
Set Zoom Level script step 2-6
setting document margins for printing 2-3
setting up single-machine networks 6-17
shadow and outline text styles 2-12
sharing
databases via the Web Companion 6-5
runtime files over a network 5-5
Shopping Cart CDML example 8-15, 8-17
Shutdown message 10-11
SIDES attribute 3-8
SimpleText 9-10
single-line elements for layout themes 3-4,
3-5
SIZE attribute 3-8
-skip request parameter B-8
Solution Extras folder for runtime databases
(Mac OS) 5-3
Solution Options file
modifying for auto-customizing 4-14
renaming the file 4-14
using 4-14
Solutions Development Kit (SDK) for
FileMaker Pro 3.0 2-17
solutions. See runtime database solutions
-sortfield request parameter B-8
-sortorder request parameter B-9
spaces in field names 7-4, 9-3, 9-12
specifying files for the Developer Tool 4-3
spelling checker files, for runtime databases
(Windows ) 5-2
spelling dictionaries
for runtime databases (Mac OS) 5-3
for runtime databases (Windows) 5-2
SQL statements
delivered by JDBC drivers 9-1
supported by FileMaker JDBC Driver 9-4
SQL-92 Entry Level compliant 9-2
startup scripts
creating 2-5
to display custom layout 4-6
static web publishing 6-1, 6-16, 8-16
Status (CurrentError) function C-1
Status (CurrentPlatform) function 2-14, 2-15
Status Bar Help (Windows) 2-8
status bar, showing and hiding 2-14
StuffIt 5-4, 5-5
STYLE attribute 3-9
-stylehref request parameter B-10
stylesheets
CSS 7-10, 7-11, 7-12
described 7-2
XML-stylesheet processing
instruction 7-2, 7-10
XSL 7-10, 7-11
XSLT 7-14
–styletype and –stylehref parameters 7-10
-styletype request parameter B-9, B-10
subname, for FileMaker JDBC URL 9-2
subprotocol, for FileMaker JDBC URL 9-2
suppressing Instant Web Publishing
controls 6-11
Swing 1.1.1 9-1, 9-8
System folder for runtime databases
(Windows) 5-2
T
TAPI 1-3
TCP/IP port number 6-4
TechInfo database
described 1-13
technical support
for FileMaker Developer 1-13
for runtime applications 1-12
templates
CDML 8-7
testing
cross-platform databases 2-16
custom database solutions 2-16
text editors 3-1
text styles, outline and shadow 2-12
THEMEDEFAULT element 3-9
THEMENAME element 3-2
themes. See layout themes
three-character filename extensions
for runtime databases 4-8
registered by runtime applications
(Windows) 5-6
TIFF graphic import filter 5-2
title footer layout parts 3-5
title header layout parts 3-4
Toggle Status Area script step 2-6, 6-11
Toggle Window script step 2-6
-token tags 8-10, 8-17
toolbars in runtime applications A-2
trailing grand summary layout parts 3-5
trailing subsummary layout parts 3-5
trapping errors C-1
U
Ukenglsh.mpr spelling dictionary 5-3
Unicode characters 7-7, 9-7
uninstalling FileMaker Developer
(Windows) 1-7
UPDATE SQL statements 9-4, 9-6
updating
internal reference links 4-10
runtime database solutions 5-7
upgrading runtime databases 2-17
URL encoding parameter 8-14
URL support 1-3
URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
accessing Java resources 9-2