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
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R
Rapid Application Development (RAD) tools
8-1, 11-1, 11-2
Raw encoding parameter 9-12
-recid request parameter B-7
RecordId pseudo column 11-4
recovering damaged runtime files 7-6
registering
FileMaker Developer 2-2
FileMaker JDBC Driver 11-2
FileMaker Pro external function plug-ins
12-1, 12-13
plug-in ID 12-8
registry
conflicts with filename extensions 6-8
settings stored for runtime applications A-6
Relational Example 4-1
Remote Administration option 8-4
Remote Data Access Companion plug-in A-1
renaming
database files 6-10
Scripts menu 6-14, A-1
Solution Options file 6-15
requesting data. See FileMaker Pro CGI
requests
requirements
for About layouts 4-15
for About <your database>solution 4-8
resource ID conflicts (Mac OS) 12-13
restoring
document and application icons (Mac OS)
6-8
document icons (Windows) 6-8
Restrict access to IP addresses option 8-4
restricting access to menu commands 6-11
revising registered external function plug-ins
12-14
runtime applications
See also runtime databases, runtime
database solutions
and Web Companion A-1
Apple events in A-1
Application Preferences A-1
compared to FileMaker Pro A-1
Document Preferences A-2
FileMaker Pro file sharing 7-5
ignored script steps A-6
registering filename extensions 7-5
starting 7-5
stored registry settings A-6
toolbars A-3
unavailable menu commands 6-2, 6-9, A-1
What’s This? Help (Windows) 7-1
runtime database solution
spell checking 4-3
runtime database solutions
See also runtime applications, runtime
databases
About layout example 4-8
About layout requirements 4-8, 4-15
compression utility applications 7-4
creating 6-6
custom About layout 6-12
custom installers 7-4
distributing updates 7-4, 7-6
distribution requirements 4-15
documenting 7-5, 7-6
generated files by the Developer Tool 7-1
methods of distribution 7-1
naming 6-8
preparing files 4-2
recovering damaged files 7-6
required DLL files (Windows) 7-2
supplemental runtime files 7-1, 7-2, 7-3
runtime databases
automating the binding process 6-15
displaying in Kiosk mode 4-3
importing records 4-17
opening in FileMaker Pro 4-7, 6-9
opening in runtime applications 4-2
printing reports 4-3
upgrading 4-16
Runtime Files folder, contents of 7-1
Runtime Solution Example
About layout example 4-8
described 6-1
S
schemas. See XML grammars
screenshot 6-4, 6-5
Script Debugger 1-1, 4-1
-script request parameter B-9
script steps ignored by runtime applications
A-6
-script.prefind request parameter B-9
-script.presort request parameter B-9
scripting languages
See also JavaScript
JavaScript 10-3
VBScript 10-3
ScriptMaker command
unavailable in FileMaker Pro 6-2, 6-11
unavailable in runtime applications 6-2,
A-1
-scriptnames requests B-4
scripts
attaching to About and Help commands 4-8
attaching to buttons 4-6
for cross-platform printing 4-14
for emulating menu commands and window
controls 4-6
for FileMaker Pro CGI requests 10-2
for importing 4-17
for navigating in Kiosk mode 4-4
for opening runtime databases 4-2, 4-17
in layout for custom home page 8-8
platform-specific 4-15
startup 4-5, 4-6
using external functions 8-15
using the Solution Options file 6-15
Scripts menu
accelerator key for new name 6-14
renaming 6-14, A-1