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
202 | Security measures
Antivirus programs sometimes lock bytes within a file when they scan for
viruses. These locks can cause the operating system to return an error when
FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Server try to write data to the file, which
sometimes causes the file to be flagged as damaged and closed.
This situation also applies to files that FileMaker Server uses as back-up
targets. If the backup file is being scanned by anti-virus software when a
scheduled backup occurs, the destination file might be locked. This causes the
back-up process to fail, which may result in data loss. This same data loss issue
applies when an open, non-shared FileMaker
Pro database file is scanned by
anti-virus software.
When running anti-virus software on computers that host FileMaker Pro
databases, follow these recommendations:
1 Do not run virus protection software on open or hosted databases. First,
close the databases, then run the virus protection software.
1 When you scan your computer for viruses, do not scan the Databases folder
and subfolders or any folder that contains files that actively hosts files
through FileMaker
Server or FileMaker Pro. Instead, set your anti-virus
software to scan your database back-up destination folder and make sure
your anti-virus scan schedule does not coincide with your
FileMaker
Server back-up schedule. Wait until databases are completely
backed up before scanning them.
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