
FileMaker 9 Developer Reference
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FileMaker Advisor magazine and has coauthored five books: Advanced FileMaker Pro 5.5
Techniques for Developers, Advanced FileMaker Pro 6 Web Development, Special Edition Using
FileMaker 7, Special Edition Using FileMaker 8, and FileMaker 8 Functions and Scripts Desk
Reference. At the 2002 FileMaker Developer Conference he was awarded the FileMaker
Fellowship Award. Widely recognized as one of the leading educators for database and
FileMaker Pro technologies, he is authorized by FileMaker, Inc., to teach the Professional
Training Foundation Series. Bob is also a proud dad of two young children, an avid musician,
a die-hard Cubs fan, and an accomplished woodworker.
Steve Lane, vice president of Soliant Consulting, served as a special projects developer at
Scott Foresman, a leading K-6 Educational publisher. He has written for FileMaker Advisor
magazine, and coauthored four books: Advanced FileMaker Pro 6 Web Development, Special
Edition Using FileMaker Pro 7, Special Edition Using FileMaker 8, and FileMaker 8 Functions
and Scripts Desk Reference. He has led training classes in FileMaker technologies all over the
country and is also authorized to teach the Professional Training Foundation Series. He
regularly speaks at the annual FileMaker Developer Conference where in 2003 he was
awarded the FileMaker Fellowship Award for "pushing the boundaries of FileMaker Pro."
When not writing about technology, Steve is likely to be found being chased about by his
children, or grumbling over the fingerings of J. S. Bach. Or just grumbling.
Scott Love, chief operating officer of Soliant Consulting, served at Ziff-Davis Interactive
as an online managing editor, served at Apple Computer as its web publishing technology
evangelist, and led the technical marketing team at Macromedia. He has written dozens
of feature and review articles on database and Internet/web topics for a wide range of
computer publications including Macworld magazine and FileMaker Advisor. He has coauthored
three books: Special Edition Using FileMaker 7, Special Edition Using FileMaker 8, and
FileMaker 8 Functions and Scripts Desk Reference. He is also an authorized Professional
Training Foundation Series instructor and a regular speaker at the FileMaker Developer
Conference. In 2006 he was awarded the FileMaker Excellence Award "for developing outstanding
technical and training resources for FileMaker." Scott lives in the California Bay
Area where his penchant for gardening can be indulged year round.
Content
Developer Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Part I: FileMaker Specifications
1 FileMaker 9 Product Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2 New Features of FileMaker 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Overview of FileMaker 8.5 Features . . . . . . . . . 21
4 Overview of FileMaker 8 Features . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5 Specifications and Storage Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 33
6 Field Types and Import/Export Formats . . . . . . 37
Part II: Calculation Functions
7 Calculation Primer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
8 Calculation Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9 Calculation Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Part III: Custom Functions
10 Custom Function Primer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
11 Useful Custom Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Part IV: Script Steps
12 Scripting Primer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
13 Script Step Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Part V: FileMaker Connectivity
14 FileMaker XML Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
15 FileMaker API for PHP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
16 JDBC/ODBC and External SQL Connectivity . . 489
17 AppleScript Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Part VI: Quick Reference
18 FileMaker Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
19 FileMaker Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
20 FileMaker Network Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
21 FileMaker Server Command Line
Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Part VII: Appendix
A Additional Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
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