User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 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
- Working with data in Table View
- Finding records
- Performing quick finds in Browse mode
- Making find requests in Find mode
- 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
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Saving find requests
- Deleting and reverting requests
- 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 3 Creating databases
- Planning a database
- Creating a FileMaker Pro file
- Creating and changing fields
- Setting options for fields
- Creating database tables
- Creating layouts and reports
- Setting up a layout to print records in columns
- Working with objects on a layout
- Working with fields on a layout
- Working with parts on a layout
- Displaying data in charts
- Chapter 4 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 5 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
- Setting up recurring imports
- 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
- Working with external data sources
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 6 Protecting databases
- Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Creating accounts and privilege sets
- Viewing extended privileges
- Authorizing access to files
- Security measures
- Enhancing physical security
- Enhancing operating system security
- Establishing network security
- Backing up databases and other important files
- Installing, running, and upgrading antivirus software
- Chapter 7 Converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
- Index
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Authorizing files 13, 134
Auto Enter 65
Auto-complete 83
Automating tasks. See Scripts
Average for summary fields
63
B
Backups
and antivirus software
137
guidelines for 136
scripts for files 49
Bar charts
creating
92
described 92
Blank layout
See also Layouts
described
74
Blank records, printing 44
Body (layouts), described 91
Boolean values
described
35, 58, 67
finding 35
formatting 87
Break fields 92
Browse mode
described
21
finding data in 30
Browser, web
opening URL
121
working with published database in 121
Browsing records 22
Buttons, including in tab order 27
C
Calculation fields
creating
61
described 58
formulas 61
stored and unstored results 68
Calculations
See also Calculation fields
formatting
86
related fields
field references to
62
summarizing data 105
Calendars, displaying in fields 83
Case-sensitive text, finding 34
CFM plug-in support 141
Changing
data in fields
27
find requests 40
lookups 107
preferences 49
relationships 104
Characters
maximum in fields
27
not allowed in field names 57
Charting data
creating charts
92
described 92
Checkboxes, displaying fields as 83
Clients
described
109
limits, on the web 121
performing tasks 112
saving files 110
Clones (files) 20
Closing windows and files 20
Columns
changing width
76
printing records in 75
resizing in tables 29
Combo boxes, displaying fields as 83
Comma-separated text format 114
Compacted copies of files 20
Comparison operators 62
Container fields
See also Fields
aligning to text
89
described 58
formatting 89
Context menu, choosing from 15
Control styles for fields 83
Copying
field definitions
20
files 20
records 25
related records 26
scripts 20
Count for summary fields 63
Creating See Adding; Defining
Cross-platform, file sharing
19
Currency, formatting 86
Current
date, formatting
87
time, formatting 88
Custom menus, FileMaker Pro Advanced 10