FileMaker Pro 13: The Missing Manual
Chris Eliasmith
Language: English
Pages: 1397
ISBN: 2:00243507
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
You don’t need a technical background to build powerful databases with FileMaker Pro 13. This crystal-clear guide covers all new FileMaker Pro 13 features, such as its improved layout tools and enhanced mobile support. Whether you’re running a business, printing a catalog, or planning a wedding, you’ll learn how to customize your database to run on a PC, Mac, Web browser, or iOS device.
The important stuff you need to know:
Get started. Tour FileMaker Pro’s features and create your first database in minutes.
Access data anywhere. Use FileMaker Go on your iPad or iPhone—or share data on the Web.
Dive into relational data. Solve problems quickly by connecting and combining data tables.
Create professional documents. Publish reports, invoices, catalogs, and other documents with ease.
Harness processing power. Use calculations and scripts to crunch numbers, search text, and automate tasks.
Add visual power and clarity. Create colorful charts to illustrate and summarize your data.
Share your database on a secure server. Add the high-level features of FileMaker Pro Advanced and FileMaker Pro Server.
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field types. Each one has its strengths and best uses. Selecting the right field type for your data is fundamental to getting your database to behave the way you want it to, so here are some tips for figuring out which field type to choose. Text Text fields are the most commonly used field type. Each text field can store about 2 GB of letters, numbers or symbols, including carriage returns, so long as your computer’s memory allows that much storage. That’s about one billion characters. The
manually work through the process the script should do first, so you can see how the process works. This trial run helps you clarify the steps you’re scripting. As a bonus, some scripts are easier to write if you do the steps manually beforehand, since dialog boxes retain some settings. For example, if you manually set up the sort needed for your report, the Sort script step’s dialog box will have the settings you need when you’re actually creating the script. So run through the steps necessary
Position panel. The Jobs tab on the Customer layout of this chapter’s sample file is active, so the Inspector shows its name. Since you and your scripts are the only ones who’ll ever see this name, you don’t have to make it pretty for your users. Choose a simple and descriptive name, though. There’s no list of named objects anywhere in FileMaker Pro, so there’s no handy pop-up from which to choose the right name in the Go to Object script step’s option field. Quick tip: After you name an object,
rabbits. Tip If you prefer, you can convert a single criterion relationship to a multiple criteria one by dragging between a new pair of fields. But you always get an = operator for this second pair, and the Edit Relationship window doesn’t open automatically when you do. So if you need anything nonstandard, you may as well just open the Edit Relationship window straightaway. Figure 14-4. Several concepts are illustrated here. First, the box between Invoices and Invoices_currentJob has a sort
Objects–Customizing a Layout, Layout Objects, Layout Objects, Customizing a Layoutnaming, Naming Objects, Naming Objects, Naming Objectsobject grids, Using Object Grids–Editing Text Objects, Using Object Grids, Editing Text Objectsobject triggers, Object Triggers–OnPanelSwitch, Object Triggers, OnObjectEnter, OnObjectValidate, OnPanelSwitchsliding (layouts), Sliding Layout Objects, Setting Sliding Options, More Sliding & Visibility Options, More Sliding & Visibility Options, More Sliding &