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-5
H
Handles 12-12
header layout parts 5-4
Help
Balloon Help (Mac OS) 4-8
button on toolbar in runtime applications
A-3
custom layout 4-8, 4-9
custom menu command 6-2, 6-13, A-1
documentation for custom databases 4-8,
4-10
examples of custom layouts 4-9
FileMaker Pro Help
Status Bar Help (Windows) 4-8
What’s This? Help (Windows) 4-10
Help layout
adding a custom script 6-2, 6-13
hexadecimal (hex) values for layout themes
HINT attribute 5-2, 5-8
home button in browser 8-13
home pages
built-in 8-5
custom 8-1, 8-5
hosting multiple web sites 8-6
HREF links 8-2, 9-3, 10-2, B-1
HTML
described 10-1
encoding parameter for CDML format files
9-12
form elements 9-8
form examples for XML B-1
format 10-2
forms 8-2, 9-4, 10-2
hidden INPUT tags 9-8
tables, exporting data into 8-16
translating information into 8-15
with XML and JavaScript 10-16
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
translating information into 8-15
using with FileMaker JDBC Driver 11-2
I
Idle message 12-11
If script step 4-14
Import script step 4-17
importing records 4-17
index.htm 8-5
Information Log File option 8-4, 8-15
Initialization message 12-11
INSERT SQL statements 11-4
installation log file 2-2, 3-2
installers
for custom database solutions 4-2
for runtime databases 7-4
installing
FileMaker Developer (Mac OS) 3-1
FileMaker Developer (Windows) 2-1
runtime database solutions 7-5
InstallShield 7-4
Instant Web Publishing
custom home pages with 8-1
described 8-2
script steps supported 8-9
interface elements, emulating 4-6
internal reference links, updating 6-10
Internet Explorer 4.0 10-3
Internet Explorer 4.5 8-13
Internet Explorer 5.0 10-12, 10-17
Inventory.fp5 database 10-17, 11-11
inventory_db database 11-15, 11-17
IP addresses 8-4, 9-2
displaying with CDML 9-9
returned by external function 8-16
IP Guest Limit 8-2
IPX/SPX 2-3
J
Java 2 environments 11-2
Java applets
Microsoft XML DSO 10-3
Java applications
FileMaker Pro database-aware 11-1
FileMaker Pro Explorer example 11-8
JBuilder Inventory example 11-11
Visual Cafe Inventory example 11-15
Java classes
basic 11-1, 11-8
Java Development Kit (JDK) 11-2, 11-8
JavaScript
and custom home page 8-7
and FileMaker Extended XML 10-2
example 10-16, 10-17
versus CSS or XSL 10-11
with Internet Explorer 4.0 10-3
JBuilder 3.0 Professional for Windows 11-1,
11-11
Jbuilder.ini file 11-11
JDBC
See also FileMaker JDBC Driver
described 11-1
JDBC 1.2 API 11-2
JDBC URL 11-2
K
key, binding 6-7
Kiosk mode
access privileges for opening 4-7
centering database windows 4-6
closing files 4-4
Developer Tool option 6-2
displaying runtime databases 4-3, 6-9
preparing databases 4-4
Kiosk Solution Example 4-4, 6-1
L
-lay request parameter B-6
Layout Mode command
unavailable in FileMaker Pro 6-2, 6-11
unavailable in runtime applications 6-2,
A-1
5-10