Tutorial
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Lesson 1 FileMaker Pro basics
- Lesson 2 Browsing information
- Lesson 3 Finding and sorting records
- Use quick find to search a database
- Find records based on criteria in a single field
- Find records based on criteria in specific separate fields
- Find records that match multiple criteria in the same field
- Find records that match a range of criteria in the same field
- Narrow your search
- Save a find request to use later
- Find records using a Saved Find
- Sort your found set
- Add a new record in List View
- For more information
- Lesson 4 Creating a database and entering records
- Lesson 5 Customizing what you see
- Lesson 6 Creating lists, mailing labels, and form letters
- Lesson 7 Simplifying data entry
- Lesson 8 Automating tasks with buttons and scripts
- Lesson 9 Creating and running reports
- Lesson 10 Charting data
- Lesson 11 Making databases relational
- Lesson 12 Sharing and exchanging data
- Lesson 13 Protecting data in FileMaker Pro
- Lesson 14 Backing up your databases
Lesson 12
Sharing and exchanging data
You can share data over a network using FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Server, or via the internet using Instant
Web Publishing. You can also share data by importing it into FileMaker
Pro files from other applications or
exporting it from FileMaker
Pro files to other applications.
In this lesson you will learn:
1 how to enable network sharing of FileMaker Pro files
1 how to import data into a FileMaker Pro file
About sharing data
You can use FileMaker Network Sharing to share FileMaker Pro databases on your network, which allows
up to nine FileMaker
Pro users to access and use the same database file simultaneously. If you need to share
files with more than 9 concurrent users on a network, you can use FileMaker
Server, which allows more
users to share files and provides greater networking performance and better security.
You can use Instant Web Publishing to 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.
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. When you import or export
data, the data is copied to the destination file, not shared between the applications.
Enable FileMaker network sharing
If your computer is connected to a network, you and other FileMaker Pro users can use the same database
file simultaneously.
Important Your FileMaker Pro licensing agreement requires that you purchase a license for each separate
computer on which the FileMaker
Pro application is installed. Each software license may not be shared or
used concurrently on different computers.