Developer’s Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Welcome to FileMaker Developer
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Developer in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Developer in the Mac OS
- Chapter 4 Creating a database solution
- Overview of preparing your solutionfiles
- Considerations for a runtime databasesolution
- Considerations for Kiosk mode
- Using scripts to control your solution
- Protecting your database solution files
- Providing user documentation
- 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
- Your responsibilities as a developer
- Testing before and after creating your solution
- Converting and upgrading solution files
- Chapter 5 Creating custom layout themes
- Chapter 6 Using the FileMaker Developer Tool
- About the solution examples
- Using the FileMaker Developer Tool
- Binding your databases into a runtime database solution
- Creating Kiosk-mode solutions
- Renaming your databases
- Removing design access to your databases
- Customizing the About, Help, and Scripts menus
- Adding the FileMaker Pro extension to database filenames
- Saving your settings in the Developer Tool
- Chapter 7 Distributing FileMaker Pro runtime database solutions
- Chapter 8 Publishing your database on the Web
- Types of web publishing
- Using the FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Creating a custom home page
- Creating a custom home page for Instant Web Publishing
- Creating a custom web site using a database layout
- Web Companion support for Internet mediatypes
- Monitoring your site
- Exporting data to a static HTML page
- Testing your site without a network connection
- Opening password-protected databases remotely
- Chapter 9 Custom web publishing using CDML
- About the CDML examples
- General steps for custom web publishing using CDML
- About CDML format files
- Generating FileMaker Pro CGI requests using CDML
- Using the CDML Tool and templates
- About the CDML Reference database
- Creating error messages
- Using an encoding parameter with a CDML replacement tag
- Planning your web site
- Chapter 10 Using FileMaker Pro XML to deliver your data on the Web
- About the XML examples
- General process for custom web publishing using XML
- Generating an XML document
- Using the FMPDSORESULT grammar
- Using the FileMaker Pro Extended XML grammars
- About UTF-8 encoded data
- Generating FileMaker Pro CGI requests for an XML document
- Using style sheets with your XML document
- Comparing CSS, XSLT, and JavaScript
- Looking at the XML Inventory example
- Chapter 11 Using JDBC to deliver your data
- About the JDBC examples
- About JDBC
- Using the FileMaker JDBC Driver
- SQL supported by the FileMaker JDBC Driver
- FileMaker Pro support for Unicode characters
- About the FileMaker JDBC Driver interfaces and extensions
- Example 1: Looking at the FileMaker Pro Explorer application
- Example 2: Creating the JBuilder Inventory application
- Example 3: Creating the Visual Cafe Inventory application
- Chapter 12 Understanding external function plug-ins
- About external functions
- About the plug-in example file
- Installing, enabling, and configuring the example plug-in
- Description of the FMExample plug-in’s external functions
- Using the example plug-in
- Customizing the plug-in example
- Requirements for writing an external function plug-in
- FileMaker Pro messages sent to the plug-in
- Debugging your plug-in
- Avoiding potential Mac OS resourceconflicts
- Providing documentation for your plug-in
- Registering your plug-ins
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application and FileMaker Pro
- Appendix B Valid names used in CGI requests for FileMaker Pro 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
- Generating a -dup request
- Generating an -img 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-3
Do_Init function 12-11
Document Object Model (DOM)
Microsoft 10-3
W3C 10-16, 10-17
Document Preferences in runtime applications
A-2
document type definitions (DTDs) 10-2, 10-3,
10-5
documenting
custom databases 4-8, 4-10
external function plug-ins 12-13
runtime databases 7-5, 7-6
double colons in portal fields
in CGI requests 9-4, 10-9
in XML documents 10-4
driver properties, for FileMaker JDBC URL
11-3
DRW graphic import filter 7-2
–dso_xml format parameter 10-3
Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs) 7-1, 7-2
E
–edit requests
CDML examples 9-4
XML examples 10-10, B-3
editing multiple records in portals 9-4, 10-10
EFFECT attribute 5-7
elements
in FMPDSORESULT grammars 10-4
in FMPXMLLAYOUT grammars 10-7
in FMPXMLRESULT grammars 10-5
in layout themes 5-3
Employee Database CDML example 9-13,
9-14
emulating interface elements 4-6
encoded XML 10-3, 10-8
encoding parameters for CDML 9-6, 9-12
encrypting data 11-3
Error Log File option 8-4, 8-14
errors
creating error messages 9-11
during binding 6-6
-errnum CDML variable tag 9-11
-error CDML variable tag 9-11
Error folder 9-11
error pages recognized by the Web
Companion 9-11
specifying FileMaker Pro error codes 9-11,
10-3, C-1
escape driver property 11-4
escaping of lower ASCII characters 11-7
example CGI requests for XML B-1
example Plug-In file 12-4
examples
comparing CSS, XSL, and JavaScript 10-11
Creating Dynamic Buttons 4-6
custom About layouts 4-8
custom Help layouts 4-9
Employee Database 9-14
FileMaker Pro Explorer 11-8
generated FMPDSORESULT grammar
10-4
generated FMPXMLLAYOUT grammar
10-7
generated FMPXMLRESULT grammar
10-6
Guest Book 9-14
JBuilder Inventory 11-11
Kiosk Solution Example 4-4, 6-1
registering the FileMaker JDBC Driver
11-3
Relational Example 4-1
Runtime Solution Example 6-1
Shopping Cart 9-15
Visual Cafe Inventory 11-15
XML and CSS 10-13
XML and JavaScript 10-16
XML and XSLT 10-14
XML Inventory 10-17
Excel import filter 7-3
exporting data into HTML tables 8-16
Extensible Markup Language (XML). See
XML
Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL). See
XSL stylesheets
Extensible Stylesheet Language–
Transformations (XSLT). See XSLT example
extensions, filename 6-8
External Function message 12-12
external function plug-ins
configuring 12-3, 12-9, 12-12
debugging 12-13
documenting 12-13
enabling 12-3
function name prefix 12-10
in runtime applications A-1
main entry point 12-9
messages sent by FileMaker Pro 12-10
plug-in ID 12-9
registering with FileMaker, Inc. 12-1,
12-13
required feature string syntax 12-8
resource ID conflicts (Mac OS) 12-13
Specify Calculations dialog box 12-9
Web Companion 8-15
external functions
for web site monitoring 8-15
in calculation fields and scripts 8-15, 12-1
F
feature string syntax for external function plug-
ins 12-8
fetchsize driver property 11-4
field name request parameter B-10
field names, spaces in 10-4, 11-3, 11-13
file naming requirements 6-10
file sharing with runtime applications 7-5
FileMaker Developer
customer support 1-1
documentation 1-5