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-7
ONOFF attribute 5-8
onscreen Help. See Help
-op request parameter B-8
Open Define Fields script step A-6
Open Define Relationships script step A-6
Open Define Value List script step A-6
Open File script step 4-17, A-6
Open Help script step A-6
Open ScriptMaker script step A-6
Open Sharing script step A-6
Open tool A-3
opening
files in runtime applications 4-2, 7-5
runtime databases in FileMaker Pro 4-3,
4-7, 6-9
outline and shadow text styles 4-11
P
Page Setup/Print Setup script steps 4-14
PARTNUMBER attribute 5-8
password driver property 11-4
passwords
decoding and repairing 4-15
default 4-7
master 4-7
protecting files from hackers 6-11
required warning in About layouts 4-15
PATTERN attribute 5-8
pattern palette, FileMaker Pro 5-9
pattern values for layout themes 5-9
PCX graphic import filter 7-2
People.fp5 database 10-12
people_form.css stylesheet 10-13
people_form.htm page 10-16
people_form.xsl stylesheet 10-15
Perform External Script script step A-6
permanently preventing modification of
databases
option in the Developer Tool 4-7, 6-2
required warning in About layouts 4-15
unavailable menu commands 6-11
PIC graphic import filter 7-2
platform-specific scripts 4-15
plug-ins
See also external function plug-ins
IDs 12-8, 12-9
in runtime applications A-1
Local Data Access Companion A-1
registering 12-13
registering ID 12-8
Remote Data Access Companion A-1
Web Companion 8-2, A-1
port
setting for Web Companion 3-5
portals
adding records 9-4, 10-9
editing multiple records 9-4, 10-10
Preferences message 12-12
preferences, in runtime applications A-1
preparing databases
for cross-platform use 4-11
for Kiosk mode 4-4
for runtime database solutions 4-2
Preview mode in runtime applications A-1
primary file
connecting auxiliary files 4-1
determining custom solution name 6-5
displaying About layout 4-9
in Kiosk mode 4-4
in Relational Solution Example 4-1
in runtime database solutions 6-6
problems with double-clicking 7-5
specifying for custom database solutions
6-4
stored setting for Scripts menu name 6-14
updating 7-7
primary key. See RecordId pseudo column
Print Field Definitions script step A-6
Print Script Definitions script step A-6
Print script step 4-14
printing
from runtime applications 4-3
script steps for 4-14
setting document margins 4-3
protecting databases
by removing command access 6-2
in subfolders of the Web folder 8-18
with an About layout 4-8
with record-level passwords 8-4
with remote administration passwords 8-18
with Web Security Database 8-4
publishing on the Web
See also Web Companion
comparing static HTML form with dynamic
CDML 9-14
database error codes C-1
described 8-1
encrypting data 11-3
error pages 9-11
exporting data into HTML tables 8-1, 8-16
FileMaker Pro database-aware Java applets
8-1, 11-1
FileMaker Pro databases 8-1
read-only databases 10-2
requirements 1-3
using CDML 8-1, 8-2, 9-2
using custom home pages 8-5
using Instant Web Publishing 8-2
using JDBC 8-1
using XML 8-1, 10-2
Q
QuickTime
movies in cross-platform databases 4-13
quot (“) character entity 5-3