Developer’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Developer 5
- Chapter 2 Customizing your database solution
- About the custom solution examples
- Using the FileMaker Developer Tool
- Binding your databases into a runtime database solution
- Displaying databases in Kiosk mode
- 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 3 Preparing files for a custom solution
- About the Relational Example
- General steps for preparing your solutionfiles
- Issues to consider before creating a runtime database solution
- Opening files in Kiosk mode
- Design tips for navigating in Kiosk mode
- Creating startup scripts
- Using button image samples
- Documenting your database solution
- 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
- Protecting your runtime database solutionfiles
- Testing before and after creating yoursolution
- Converting and upgrading solution files
- Chapter 4 Distributing FileMakerPro runtime database solutions
- Chapter 5 Creating custom layout themes
- Chapter 6 Publishing your database on the Web
- Moving forward using open web standards
- Using the FileMakerPro Web Companion
- Displaying a custom home page
- Using a custom home page with Instant Web Publishing
- Monitoring your site
- Exporting data to a static HTML page
- Testing your site without a networkconnection
- Opening password-protected databasesremotely
- Using the Web Security Database
- 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 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 9 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
- New and 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 10 Writing external function plug-ins
- About the plug-in examples and templates
- Installing, enabling, and configuring FileMakerPro plug-ins
- Using external functions in a calculation
- 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
- Naming and registering your plug-ins
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application and FileMakerPro
- Appendix B Valid names used in CGI requests for FileMaker XML data
- 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
- 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 FileMaker Pro values for error codes
- Index
Index
Numerics
3-character filename extensions
for runtime databases
(Mac OS) 2-8
for runtime databases
(Windows) 2-8
registered by the runtime
application 4-6
A
About <your database> layout
adding a custom script 2-3,
2-4, 2-12
creating 3-7
displaying 3-8
example 3-7
license requirements 3-7
password warning 3-15
prevented modification
warning 3-15
using 3-6, 3-7
About FileMaker Pro Runtime,
default menu command 2-13
Access Log File option 6-4, 6-9
access privileges
overriding Web Security
Database privileges 6-17
settings for Kiosk mode 3-3
Access Privileges command
denying access to 3-14
unavailable in FileMaker Pro
2-3, 2-11
unavailable in runtime
applications 2-2, A-1
amp (&) character entity 5-3
API (application programming
interface)
for FileMaker Pro 4.0 Java
Class Library 8-17
for FileMaker Pro external
function plug-ins 10-1
for the FileMaker JDBC
Driver 8-8
Java, for executing SQL
statements 8-1
apos (‘) character entity 5-3
Apple events in runtime
applications A-1
AppleScript error codes C-1
AppleTalk control panel 6-14
applets, Java
FileMaker Pro 8-18
Microsoft XML Data Source
Object 7-3
Application Preferences in
runtime applications A-2
Artwork Sampler database 3-2,
3-5
ASCII characters
escaping in SQL identifiers
8-7
in cross-platform databases
3-11
in plug-in IDs 10-8
in theme names 5-8
in XML documents 7-8
Asset Management.fp5 database
8-11, 8-15
attribute values for layout themes
5-7
automating the Developer Tool
2-15
auxiliary files
opening 3-2
updating 4-8
B
Balloon Help (Mac OS) 3-7
basic Java classes 8-1, 8-8
Binder utility. See FileMaker
Developer Tool
binding
databases to runtime
applications 2-2, 2-6, 4-1
files for cross-platform
runtime solutions 2-9
binding key for runtime database
solutions 2-7
BMP graphic import filter 4-2
body layout parts 5-4
Break encoding parameter 9-14
Browse mode in runtime
applications A-1
built-in home page, displaying on
the Web 6-5, 6-6
buttons
creating 3-6
for closing Help windows 3-9
samples 3-5
showing attached scripts 3-6
C
C/C++ 1-1, 10-1
calculations, using external
functions 6-10, 10-5
CALL stored procedure SQL
statements 8-4
cascading style sheets (CSS) 6-7,
7-10, 7-11, 7-13
CDML
action tags 9-4, 9-8, 9-9
CGI requests 9-3
described 6-2, 9-1
encoding parameters 9-14
error pages 9-13
examples 9-1, 9-16, 9-17
FMP-If replacement tag 9-10
FMP-Include tag 9-18
format files 9-1, 9-2
modified tags 9-10
new action tags 9-9
new replacement tags 9-10
new variable tags 9-9
replacement tags 9-8, 9-10
templates 9-6
-token tags 9-10, 9-18
variable tags 9-4, 9-8, 9-9
CDML Reference database
described 9-1, 9-12
using 9-12
CDML Tool
choosing encoding parameters
9-6
described 9-1, 9-5
displaying tag syntax 9-6
parameters and value list
options 9-6
tag categories 9-8
Tags tab 9-6
Templates tab 9-5
using 9-5
centering database windows in
Kiosk mode 3-4
CGI requests.
See FileMaker Pro CGI
requests
CGM graphic import filter 4-2
character entities, XML 5-3
character escaping 8-4
characters, platform-specific 3-11
Claddon.clr spelling dictionary
4-3, 4-4