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
I-5
G
Go to Layout script step 3-5
grammars. See XML
graphic import files
for runtime databases
(Mac OS) 4-3
for runtime databases
(Windows) 4-2
graphics in cross-platform
databases 3-12
gt (greater than) character entity
5-3
Guest Book CDML example
9-15, 9-16
H
Handles 10-12
hardware requirements, for
runtime applications 4-5
header layout parts 5-4
Help
Balloon Help (Mac OS) 3-7
button on toolbar in runtime
applications A-3
custom layout 3-6, 3-8
custom menu command 2-3,
2-13, A-1
documentation for custom
databases 3-6, 3-9
examples of custom layouts
3-8
FileMaker Pro Help
Status Bar Help (Windows)
3-7
What’s This? Help (Windows)
3-9
Help layout
adding a custom script 2-3,
2-13
hexadecimal (hex) values for
layout themes 5-10
HINT attribute 5-2, 5-8
home pages
custom 6-5
linking to instant web pages
6-6
replacing built-in home page
6-6
host computer 6-2
hosting multiple web sites 6-5
HREF links 6-2, 6-6, 7-2, 9-3, B-1
HTML
described 7-1
encoding parameter for
CDML format files 9-14
form elements 9-8
form examples for XML B-1
format 7-2
forms 6-2, 7-2, 9-4
hidden INPUT tags 9-8
tables, exporting data into
6-11
translating information into
6-10
with XML and JavaScript
7-16
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer
Protocol)
described 6-2
translating information into
6-10
using with FileMaker Java
Class Library 8-18
using with FileMaker JDBC
Driver 8-2
I
Idle message 10-11
If script step 3-13
Import script step 3-17
importing records 3-17
index.htm 6-5
Information Log File option 6-4,
6-9
Initialization message 10-10
INSERT SQL statements 8-4
installers
for custom database solutions
3-2
for runtime databases 4-5
installing
external function plug-ins
10-4
FileMaker Developer 5 1-3
FileMaker ODBC driver 1-5
FileMaker Pro 5 1-5
runtime database solutions 4-6
InstallShield 4-5
Instant Web Publishing
described 6-2
using custom home pages 6-6
Interface Elements databases 3-2,
3-5
interface elements, emulating 3-4
internal reference links, updating
2-11
Internet Explorer 4.0 7-3, 8-18
Internet Explorer 5.0 7-12, 7-17
Inventory.fp5 database 7-17, 8-11
inventory_db database 8-15, 8-17
IP addresses 6-2, 6-4, 9-2
IP Guest Limit 6-3
J
Java 2 environments 8-2
Java applets
FMBanner 8-18
FMMemoPad 8-18
Microsoft XML DSO 7-3
Java applications
FileMaker Pro database-aware
8-1
FileMaker Pro Explorer
example 8-8
JBuilder Inventory example
8-11
Visual Cafe Inventory
example 8-15
Java classes
basic 8-1, 8-8
FileMaker proprietary 8-1,
8-17
FMProRequest, FMProProxy,
and FMProResponse 8-18
Java Development Kit (JDK) 8-2,
8-8
JavaScript
and FileMaker Extended
XML 7-2
example 7-16, 7-17
versus CSS or XSL 7-11
with Internet Explorer 4.0 7-3
JBuilder 3.0 Professional for
Windows 8-1, 8-11
Jbuilder.ini file 8-11
JDBC
See also FileMaker JDBC
Driver
described 8-1
JDBC 1.2 API 8-2
JDBC URL 8-2
K
key, binding 2-7
Kiosk mode
access privileges for opening
3-3
automatically opening
databases 2-9, 3-3
centering database windows
3-4
described 2-9
Developer Tool option 2-2