User manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 1 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
- 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 2 Creating databases
- Chapter 3 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 4 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
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 5 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 6 Converting FileMaker databases from previous versions
- Index
12 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Usability improvements Ensure data accuracy
Functions and script steps
For more information on this feature See
New tool for creating and managing tab
controls (tabbed panels) on layouts
“Creating layouts and reports”
on page 53
New Field/Control Setup dialog box makes it
easier to create and edit checkbox sets and
other controls that display data from a
value list
“Setting up checkbox sets and
other controls on a layout” on
page 62
New scroll wheel support for Windows and the
Mac OS
Help
Adding text notes to tables in the relationships
graph
“Working with the relationships
graph” on page 76
Support for variables in file paths Help
By default, fields on the current layout are
listed first when you sort records, replace field
contents, export records, or send email
Help
Improved database templates, called Starter
Solutions
The Customizing Starter
Solutions guide
Improved Instant Web Publishing. For
example, create and use your own home page
instead of the default Database Homepage
“Publishing databases on the
web” on page 88
New menu commands to navigate through
records and layouts
Help
Performing finds in Browse mode using
shortcut menus
“Performing quick finds based
on data in one field” on page 25
and “Finding records that match
multiple criteria” on page 29
New tools to align objects in Layout mode and
in the relationships graph
Help
For more information on this feature See
New auto-complete capability for text fields “Entering and changing data in
fields” on page 22
Visual spell checking Help
New drop-down calendar style for data entry “Setting up checkbox sets and
other controls on a layout” on
page 62
For more information on this feature See
New function to return a value from a script Help
New path functions for calculating a file’s
location and name
Help
Setting a variable to a specified value in a
script or calculation expression
Help
New Get, Logical, Text, and Text Formatting
functions
Help
Enhancements to the Go to Related Record
script step
Help
Exporting records in Microsoft Excel format
using the Export Records script step
Help
Restricting the Windows script step selections
to the windows in the current file
Help
New Save Records as Excel and Save Records
as PDF script steps
Help
Sending single and multiple email messages
with the Send Mail script step
Help