Quick Start
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Welcome to FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 Installing FileMaker Pro in Windows
- Chapter 3 Installing FileMaker Pro in the Mac OS
- Chapter 4 New features in FileMaker Pro
- New features in FileMaker Pro 5.5
- Windows 2000 Professional
- Ease-of-use improvements
- Record-by-record access privileges
- Scripting improvements
- New logical, design, and status functions
- Extended ODBC and SQL functionality
- Import named ranges of Microsoft Excel data
- Search only the relative path for FileMaker Pro files
- Relaxed rules for mapping fields and relationships when importing scripts
- Dynamic field name matching in data import scripts
- Import more graphics file formats
- Increased productivity with FileMaker Server
- Prevent users from changing passwords
- Prevent users from creating databases
- Validation of the number of characters in a field
- Open a FileMaker Pro database via a URL (Mac OS)
- Web publishing enhancements
- Backward compatibility
- New features in FileMaker Pro 5
- Hands-on, task-oriented tutorial
- New features in FileMaker Pro 5.5
- Lesson 1 FileMaker Pro basics
- Lesson 2 Browsing information
- Lesson 3 Finding and sorting records
- 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 Making databases relational
- Lesson 11 Keeping your data safe
16 Getting Started Guide
Common Files folder
Location Contents Description
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ODBC\FileMaker FMBAS50.DLL FileMaker ODBC Driver and support files, MERANT Open drivers
FMBAS50R.DLL
FMFLT50.DLL
FMFLT50R.DLL
FMFMP50.DLL
FMFMP50.GID
FMFMP50.HLP
FMFMP50R.DLL
FMFMP50S.DLL
FMUTL50.DLL
FMUTL50R.DLL
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ODBC\FileMaker FDBAS15.DLL ODBC Drivers (and support files) for Oracle8, SQL 7.0, and text
FDBAS15R.DLL
FDFLT15.DLL
FDFLT15R.DLL
FDMSSS15.DLL
FDMSSS15.CNT
FDMSSS15.GID
FDMSSS15.HLP
FDMSSS15D.DLL
FDMSSS15R.DLL
FDMSSS15S.DLL
FDOR815.CNT
FDOR815.DLL
FDOR815.GID
FDOR815.HLP