Development Guide
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro Advanced
- Chapter 2 Creating database solutions
- Chapter 3 Customizing database solutions
- Chapter 4 Debugging, analyzing, and optimizing files
- Chapter 5 Developing third-party FileMaker plug-ins
- About external functions
- About the example plug-in
- Installing, enabling, and configuring the example plug-in
- Description of the FMExample plug-in’s external functions
- Using the example plug-in
- Customizing the plug-in example
- Requirements for writing external function plug-ins
- FileMaker messages sent to the plug-in
- Avoiding potential Mac OS X resource conflicts
- Providing documentation for your plug-in
- Appendix A Feature comparison of the runtime application with FileMaker Pro
- Index
Chapter 2
Creating database solutions
FileMaker Pro Advanced provides Developer Utilities that let you:
1 rename a set of database files and automatically update the internal
links to related files and scripts
1 bind your database files into a stand-alone runtime database
solution that does not require FileMaker
Pro or FileMaker Pro
Advanced in order to be used on a computer
1 remove administrative access from all accounts and prevent users
from modifying most design or structural elements of your databases
1 display your database files in Kiosk mode
1 add the FileMaker Pro filename extension to your files
Note See Help for detailed, comprehensive information and step-by-
step procedures about using FileMaker Pro Advanced.
Using the Developer Utilities
To customize your database files or bind the files to a runtime
solution:
1. Close all of your database files that you are going to customize.
2. Choose Tools menu > Developer Utilities.
3. If you have used the Developer Utilities on the same database
before and saved your settings, click Load Settings.
A dialog box opens so that you can browse to find your settings file.
4. Click Add to locate the files that you want to customize.
5. If you are binding multiple files into a runtime solution,
double-click a file in the list to specify the primary file.
6. To rename a file, select the file in the list, type the new name in the
Rename file box, and click Change.
7. To remove a file, select the file in the list and click Remove.
8. Under Project Folder, click Specify to choose the location in which
the copy of the database solution will be saved.