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
Contents
Chapter 1
Introducing FileMaker Developer 5
Ways to use FileMaker Developer 5
1-1
Customize FileMaker database solutions
1-1
Create custom web sites
1-1
Take advantage of FileMaker support for open standards
1-1
Expand your FileMaker Pro calculations and scripts
1-1
Provide layout themes for your solutions
1-1
Use design tools and templates for UI design
1-1
Deploying your database solutions
1-2
About this guide
1-2
Installing the FileMaker Developer software package
1-2
Requirements for the FileMaker Developer Tool
1-3
Installing FileMaker Developer 5 for Windows
1-3
Installing FileMaker Developer 5 for Mac OS
1-4
Choosing Custom Install options
1-5
Installing the FileMaker ODBC driver
1-5
Installing FileMaker Pro 5
1-5
Contents of the FileMaker Developer 5 folder
1-5
FileMaker on the Web links
1-6
Developer’s Guide folder
1-6
FileMaker Trial Software folder
1-6
FileMaker Developer Tool folder
1-6
Design Tools folder
1-7
External FileMaker APIs folder
1-8
Abiding by the license agreement
1-9
Registration and customer support
1-9
About the TechInfo database
1-10
Chapter 2
Customizing your database solution
About the custom solution examples
2-1
Using the FileMaker Developer Tool
2-2
Binding your databases into a runtime database solution
2-6
Procedure for binding files
2-6
Specifying a runtime solution name and binding key
2-7
Assigning a three-character filename extension
2-8
Binding files for cross-platform solutions
2-9
Modifying bound runtime files
2-9
Displaying databases in Kiosk mode
2-9
Steps for displaying files in Kiosk mode
2-10
Closing files in Kiosk mode
2-10
Renaming your databases
2-11
Procedure for renaming files
2-11
Choosing filenames for your database solution
2-11
Removing design access to your databases
2-11
Steps for preventing database modification
2-12
Customizing the About, Help, and Scripts menus
2-12
Adding a custom script to an About menu command
2-12
Adding a custom Help script command to the
Help menu
2-13
Renaming the Scripts menu
2-14
Adding the FileMaker Pro extension to database filenames
2-15
Saving your settings in the Developer Tool
2-15
Using the Solution Options text file
2-15
Saving a set of options
2-15
Modifying the Solution Options text file
2-15