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 










