FileMaker is the crown jewel of relational databases. FileMaker, the most popular database for the Macintosh (and a close second for Windows), is much admired for its combination of power and ease-of-use. Its clean interface, cross-platform consistency, and fast learning curve makes FileMaker one of the most useful tools around for tracking and managing people, projects, and information.FileMaker Pro 5.5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is loaded with screenshots and clear, concise explanations of database publishing techniques. It's great for the beginner new to FileMaker, the professional upgrading to the latest version of the software, and Web developers looking for an easy way to serve databases over the Web. This Visual QuickStart Guide takes you from working with records and files to creating and designing databases, printing and networking with FileMaker, and Web publishing with FileMaker.
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Höhe: 228 mm
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978-0-201-77320-0 (9780201773200)
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Nolan Hester, a longtime reporter and magazine editor, wrote the first edition of this book, and has written several other Visual QuickStart Guides. A former development and acquisitions editor for Peachpit Press, he now works as a freelance writer, editor, and Web consultant.
I. GETTING STARTED.
1. Using FileMaker Pro 5.5.
2. Database Basics.
3. FileMaker Basics.
II. WORKING WITH RECORDS AND FILES.
4. Viewing Records.
5. Finding and Sorting Records.
6. Using Spell Check and Dictionaries.
7. Converting Files.
III. CREATING AND DESIGNING DATABASES.
8. Planning Databases.
9. Defining Fields.
10. Creating Layouts.
11. Working with Objects in Layouts.
12. Formatting and Graphics in Layout.
13. Using Templates and Scripts.
14. Creating Relational Databases.
IV. PRINTING, NETWORKING, AND THE WEB.
15. Printing.
16. Networking.
17. Exchanging Data via ODBC.
18. Publishing on the Web.
V. APPENDICES.
Appendix A: Installing and Configuring FileMaker.
Appendix B: Functions.
Appendix C: Script Commands.
Appendix D: Keyboard Shortcuts.
