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-9
runtime files over a network
4-5
Shopping Cart CDML example
9-15, 9-17
Shutdown message 10-11
SIDES attribute 5-8
SimpleText 8-10
single-line elements for layout
themes 5-4, 5-5
SIZE attribute 5-8
-skip request parameter B-8
Solution Extras folder for runtime
databases (Mac OS) 4-3
Solution Options file
modifying for auto-
customizing 2-15
renaming the file 2-15
using 2-15
Solutions Development Kit
(SDK) for FileMaker Pro 3.0
3-16
solutions. See runtime database
solutions
-sortfield request parameter B-8
-sortorder request parameter B-8
spaces in field names 7-4, 8-3,
8-13
specifying files for the Developer
Tool 2-3
spelling checker files, for runtime
databases (Windows ) 4-2
spelling dictionaries
for runtime databases
(Mac OS) 4-3
for runtime databases
(Windows) 4-2
SQL statements
delivered by JDBC drivers 8-1
supported by FileMaker JDBC
Driver 8-4
SQL-92 Entry Level compliant
8-2
startup scripts
creating 3-5
to display custom layout 2-6
static web publishing 6-1, 6-11,
9-16
Status (CurrentError) function
C-1
Status (CurrentPlatform) function
3-13, 3-14
Status Bar Help (Windows) 3-7
status bar, showing and hiding
3-13
string resources for external
function plug-ins 10-8
StuffIt Deluxe for Mac OS 4-5
StuffIt Expander for Windows
and Mac OS 4-5
StuffIt InstallerMaker (Mac OS)
4-5
STYLE attribute 5-9
-stylehref request parameter B-9
stylesheets
CSS 6-7, 7-10, 7-11, 7-13
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 8-2
subprotocol, for FileMaker JDBC
URL 8-2
suppressing password dialog box
3-14
Swing 1.1.1 8-1, 8-8
System folder for runtime
databases (Windows) 4-2
T
TCP/IP
networking (Mac OS) 6-14
networking (Windows) 6-13
port number 6-4
TechInfo database
article 104580 10-7
described 1-10
searching 1-10
technical support
for FileMaker Developer 1-10
for runtime applications 1-9
templates
CDML 9-6
external function plug-ins
10-1
testing
cross-platform databases 3-16
custom database solutions
3-16
text editors 5-1
text styles, outline and shadow
3-10
THEMEDEFAULT element 5-9
THEMENAME element 5-2
themes. See layout themes
three-character filename
extensions
for runtime databases 2-8
registered by runtime
applications (Windows) 4-6
TIFF graphic import filter 4-2,
4-3
title footer layout parts 5-5
title header layout parts 5-4
Toggle Status Area script step 3-5
Toggle Window script step 3-4
-token tags 9-10, 9-18
toolbars in runtime applications
A-3
trailing grand summary layout
parts 5-5
trailing subsummary layout parts
5-4
trapping errors C-1
U
Ukenglsh.mpr spelling dictionary
4-3, 4-4
Unicode characters 7-8, 8-7
UPDATE SQL statements 8-4,
8-6
updating
internal reference links 2-11
runtime database solutions 4-7
upgrading runtime databases 3-16
URL encoding parameter 9-14
URLs (Uniform Resource
Locators)
accessing Java resources 8-2
FileMaker JDBC URL 8-2
for FileMaker Pro CGI
requests 7-2
loaded by the FMBanner Java
applet 8-19
using to access databases 6-1,
6-2
Usenglsh.mpr spelling dictionary
4-3, 4-4
user driver property 8-4
user permissions, in the Web
Security Database 6-19
User.upr spelling dictionary 4-3,
4-4
UTF-8 (Unicode Transformation
8 Bit) format 7-8