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
I-2
Developer’s Guide
Claris XTND System file for
graphic importing 4-3
ClarisWorks import filter 4-3, 4-4
closing files in Kiosk mode 2-10
code files required for external
function plug-ins 10-7
Code Warrior Pro 10-1
COLOR attribute 5-7
color palette
FileMaker Pro 5-10
for cross-platform databases
3-12
color values for layout themes
5-10
com.fmi.jdbc.JdbcDriver driver
class 8-2
comment tags
in CDML templates 9-7
in layout themes 5-10
Common Gateway Interface
(CGI)
See also FileMaker Pro CGI
requests
described 6-2
Common Log Format 6-9
compression utilities for runtime
databases 4-5
configuring external function
plug-ins 10-4, 10-9, 10-12
container fields 6-11
converting databases to
FileMaker Pro 5 3-16
Creating Dynamic Buttons
example 3-6
creator codes (Mac OS)
for plug-ins 10-8
cross-platform databases
binding 2-9
character sets 3-11
color palettes 3-12
design tips 3-10
fonts 3-10
graphics 3-12
outline and shadow text styles
3-10
platform-specific scripts 3-14
QuickTime movies 3-12
scripts for printing 3-13
showing and hiding status bar
(Windows) 3-13
Status (CurrentPlatform)
function 3-14
testing 3-16
text layouts 3-11
CSS and XML 7-11
custom
About command 2-12, A-1
About layouts 3-6, 3-7, 3-8
databases, testing 3-16
error pages using CDML 9-13
Help command 2-13, A-1
Help layouts 3-6, 3-8
home page, described 9-2
home page, displaying on the
Web 6-5
home page, links to instant
web pages 6-6
home page, using with Instant
Web Publishing 6-6
installers for runtime
databases 4-5
layout themes 5-1
Scripts menu name 2-14
web publishing, using CDML
6-1, 6-2, 9-2
web publishing, using XML
6-1, 7-1
customer support, getting 1-9
D
damaged runtime files,
recovering 4-7
data import files
for runtime databases (Mac
OS) 4-3
for runtime databases
(Windows) 4-2
data type mapping 8-4, 8-7
database error codes 7-3
databases
automatically opening in
Kiosk mode 2-9, 3-3
converting to FileMaker Pro 5
3-16
cross-platform 3-10
preparing 3-2, 3-10
recovering damaged 4-7
-db request parameter B-6
dBASE import filter 4-3, 4-4
-dbnames requests B-3
DbOpen and DbClose pseudo
procedures 8-5
-dbopen and -dbclose requests
6-15, B-5
debugging external function plug-
ins 10-12
decoding and repairing passwords
3-15
default home page, setting 6-6
default values for layout themes
5-9
default XML namespace
declarations 7-2
default.htm 6-5
Define Fields command
unavailable in FileMaker Pro
2-3, 2-11
unavailable in runtime
applications 2-2, A-1
Define Relationships command
unavailable in FileMaker Pro
2-3, 2-11
unavailable in runtime
applications 2-2, A-1
Define Value Lists command
unavailable in runtime
applications 2-2, 2-9, A-1
-delete requests B-3
DELETE SQL statements 8-4,
8-6
design tips
for cross-platform files 3-10
for Kiosk mode 3-4
desktop conflicts with filename
extensions 2-8
Developer Tool. See FileMaker
Developer Tool
developer-tool-independent
example 8-8
dictionaries.
See spelling dictionaries
differences between runtime
applications and FileMaker Pro
A-1
Display encoding parameter 9-14
distributing runtime databases
4-1, 4-4
Do_Init function 10-11
Document Object Model (DOM)
Microsoft 7-3
W3C 7-16, 7-17
Document Preferences in runtime
applications A-2
document type definitions
(DTDs) 7-2, 7-3, 7-5
documenting
custom databases 3-6, 3-9
external function plug-ins
10-13
runtime databases 4-6, 4-7