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
22 | Using databases
For example, one table can show you which clients bought a particular item
and a related table can show how much they paid.
To enter data in a database table, you make a new record and enter values into
the fields that belong to that record. Values can be typed into a field, imported
from another application, or entered in a number of other ways.
FileMaker Pro also allows you to access and view data that is stored in non-
FileMaker
Pro files. For example, if you have access to data stored in a SQL
database, you can display information from the external database and work
with that data in your FileMaker
Pro file.
Opening files
To open a file if FileMaker Pro isn’t running
Choose one of the following methods:
1 Double-click the FileMaker Pro file.
1 Drag the file onto the FileMaker Pro application icon.
Invoices table
002Client ID
Andre CommonClient Name
818-555-1234Phone
Prod
ID Product
ET3
Price
Travel bag $29
ET4 Travel book $32
12345Invoice ID
ET3Prod ID
Travel bagProduct
$29.00Price
002Client ID
Andre CommonName
818-555-1234Phone
Products table
Clients table
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