Development Guide

Chapter 1
Introducing FileMaker Pro Advanced
Welcome to FileMaker
®
Pro Advanced. This product includes advanced development and
customization tools designed especially for database developers. You can use either
FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced to create and test your database solutions.
In addition to all of the features that are available with FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro Advanced
includes:
1 Developer Utilities, for creating, customizing, and deploying runtime database solutions
1 Database Design Report feature, for publishing comprehensive documentation on structures or
schemas of databases
1 Script Debugger, for systematic testing and debugging of FileMaker scripts
1 Data Viewer, for monitoring fields, variables, and calculations
1 Copy feature, for copying fields or tables. You can also import table schema for use within the
same file or across different files.
1 Custom Menus feature, for creating customized menus for the solution
1 Custom Functions feature, for creating custom functions for use anywhere within the solution
About this guide
This Development Guide includes information about features that are available with FileMaker Pro
Advanced.
See FileMaker Pro Help for detailed information on product features.
To send your feedback on this guide, visit:
http://www.filemaker.com/company/documentation_feedback.html.
To access resources on the FileMaker website such as ready-made solutions and the FileMaker
Knowledge Base, choose Help menu > Resource Center.
To learn more about FileMaker Pro and discuss support topics with other customers, visit the
FileMaker Forum. Choose Help menu > FileMaker Forum.
Using the FileMaker Pro Advanced documentation
This Development Guide is one component in a comprehensive documentation suite provided
with FileMaker
Pro Advanced. FileMaker Pro Advanced also includes an online Help system to
provide details on FileMaker
Pro features.
This guide assumes that you are familiar with FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced, and that
you have created a database solution that you want to work on using the FileMaker
Pro Advanced
features. If you are new to the FileMaker family, start with the FileMaker
Pro User’s Guide.