User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Performing quick finds based on data in one field
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Saving find requests
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 3 Creating databases
- Planning a database
- Creating a FileMaker Pro file
- Defining database fields
- Using supplemental fields
- Setting options for fields
- Defining database tables
- Creating layouts and reports
- Setting up a layout to print records in columns
- Working with objects on a layout
- Working with fields on a layout
- Working with parts on a layout
- Chapter 4 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 5 Sharing and exchanging data
- Sharing databases on a network
- Importing and exporting data
- Saving and sending data in other formats
- Sending email messages based on record data
- Supported import/export file formats
- ODBC and JDBC
- Methods of importing data into an existing file
- About adding records
- About updating existing records
- About updating matching records
- About the importing process
- Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file
- About the exporting process
- Working with external data sources
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 6 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 7 Converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
- Chapter 8 Security measures
- Index
Chapter 5
Sharing and exchanging data
This chapter explains the basics of how you can share FileMaker Pro
databases:
1 FileMaker Network Sharing: You can share FileMaker Pro databases on
your network, which allows multiple FileMaker
Pro users to access and use
the same database file simultaneously.
1 Importing and exporting data: You can exchange information between
FileMaker
Pro and other applications by importing and exporting data. For
example, you can import data that is in another database or spreadsheet
program, or export address data in order to create personalized form letters
with a word processing program.
1 Accessing data from external data sources: You can access information
stored in other FileMaker
Pro files and external SQL databases that use
ODBC technology to share data. This allows you to work with information
stored in external databases and combine external data with information
stored in your file. When you access data from an ODBC database, you can
use supplemental fields in your FileMaker
Pro file to perform calculations
and summary operations on the data without changing the schema of the
external file.
1 Instant Web Publishing: You can quickly and easily publish
FileMaker
Pro layouts as web pages, which allows anyone with a web
browser on your intranet (or the internet) to access your FileMaker
Pro
databases.
Note See Help for detailed, comprehensive information and step-by-step
procedures about using FileMaker
Pro. See the FileMaker Instant Web
Publishing Guide for information about publishing databases on the web.
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