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
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Developer’s Guide
displaying runtime databases
3-2
preparing databases 3-4
Kiosk Solution Example 2-1, 2-9,
3-4, 3-8
L
Language option 6-4, 6-7
-lay request parameter B-6
Layout Mode command
unavailable in FileMaker Pro
2-3, 2-11
unavailable in runtime
applications 2-2, A-1
layout parts, XML elements for
5-4
layout themes
attribute values 5-7
attributes for single-line
elements 5-6
basic requirements 5-3
checking for errors 5-11
color values 5-10
comment tags 5-10
creating 5-1
default values 5-9
elements for layout parts 5-4
elements for layout text 5-5
modifying 5-1
multi-line elements 5-4, 5-5
pattern values 5-9
single-line elements 5-4, 5-5
-layoutnames requests B-4
layouts
About layout 2-13, 3-7
cross-platform 3-10
Help layout 3-8
leading grand summary layout
parts 5-4
leading subsummary layout parts
5-4
license agreement
for FileMaker Developer 1-9
for ODBC driver 1-9
for runtime database solutions
1-9
sample file 1-9, 4-4
links
HREF 6-2, 6-5, 7-2, 9-3
on Instant Web Portal pages
6-7
testing 6-7, 6-13
to CDML format files 9-2
to databases 6-6
to IP addresses 6-5
XML example requests B-1
Local Data Access Companion
plug-in A-1
localhost networking 6-13
log files, generated by the Web
Companion 6-8
-lop request parameter B-7
Lotus SLD graphic import filter
4-2
lt (less than) character entity 5-3
M
Mac OS systems, setting up as
single-machine networks 6-14
MacPaint graphic import filter
4-2, 4-3
main entry point for external
function plug-ins 10-9
mapping
colors for cross-platform
databases 3-12
data type 8-4, 8-7
master passwords 3-14
-max request parameter B-8
menu commands
available in FileMaker Pro
A-3
available in runtime
applications A-3
custom About layout 2-3, 2-4,
2-12, A-1
custom Help layout 2-3, 2-4,
2-13, A-1
default About runtime layout
2-13
permanently unavailable in
FileMaker Pro 2-3, 2-11
unavailable in Kiosk mode 2-9
unavailable in runtime
applications 2-2, 2-9, A-1
messages
error, examples of 9-14
errors sent by the Web
Companion 9-13, C-1
sent to external function plug-
ins 10-10
Metafile graphic import filter 4-2
Microsoft Notepad 7-20
Microsoft XML Data Source
Object (DSO) 7-2, 7-3
MindVision Installer VISE 4-5
minimum requirements for
runtime database solutions 4-5
ModId pseudo column 8-4
-modid request parameter B-7
modifying FileMaker Pro layout
themes 5-1
monitoring web sites
using log files 6-8
monitoring your web site
using external functions 6-10
MRJ 2.2 8-9
multi-line elements for layout
themes 5-4, 5-5
N
namespaces, XML
described 7-3
for the FMPDSORESULT
grammar 7-4
for the FMPXMLLAYOUT
grammar 7-7
for the FMPXMLRESULT
grammar 7-6
naming runtime database
solutions 2-7
navigating in Kiosk mode 3-4
NCSA/CERN-compatible
Common Log Format 6-9
Netscape Communicator 4.0 8-18
New Database script step A-6
New Database tool A-3
New Layout/Report assistant 5-1,
5-2, 5-5
–new requests
CDML examples 9-4
XML examples 7-9, B-2
Note 9-4
Notepad 8-10, 8-11
O
ODBC (Open Database
Connectivity) driver
See also JDBC, FileMaker
JDBC Driver
installing 1-5
Java equivalent 8-1
OLE automation in runtime
applications A-1
onClick scripting event 7-16
onLoad event handler 7-16
ONOFF attribute 5-8
onscreen Help. See Help
-op request parameter B-7