User manual

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Contents 5
Importing and exporting data 84
Saving and sending data in other formats 84
Sending email messages based on record data 85
Supported import/export file formats 85
ODBC and JDBC 85
Methods of importing data into an existing file 85
About adding records 85
About updating existing records 86
About updating matching records 86
About the importing process 86
Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file 87
About the exporting process 88
Publishing databases on the web 88
Chapter 5
Protecting databases with accounts and
privilege sets 91
Protecting databases 91
Accounts, privilege sets, and extended privileges 92
About the predefined accounts 93
About the predefined privilege sets 93
Planning security for a file 94
Password-protecting a file 95
Creating accounts and privilege sets 95
Viewing accounts and privilege sets 96
Creating accounts 96
Creating accounts that authenticate via
an external server 97
Creating privilege sets 98
About enabling record-level access 99
Viewing extended privileges 99
Chapter 6
Converting FileMaker databases from
previous versions 101
Converting FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier files 101
Conversion overview 102
Converting a single file 102
Converting multiple files at once 103
Reading the Conversion.log file 105
Solving basic conversion problems 106
Converting FileMaker Pro 1.x and 2.x databases 106
Top conversion issues 107
Passwords 107
Preserving user dictionary information 107
Print Setup script step stored setup options (Windows) 107
Switching windows in scripts 108
Boolean functions and find requests 108
File references 108
Index 109