FileMaker consultants Chris Moyer and Bob Bowers cover the foundation skills, and more, that are required for complex FileMaker system.
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Chris Moyer and Bob Bowers are among the leading FileMaker consultants in the United States. Chris Moyer Consulting was founded in Chicago in 1995 and has offices in Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco. The company primarily serves government agencies and Fortune 500 companies in the United States. Chris Moyer and Bob Bowers are coauthors of the "Ask Advisor" column for FileMaker Advisor magazine, where they also act as technical and contributing editors.
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Pushing the FMP Envelope,
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This review is from: Advanced FileMaker Pro 5.5 Techniques for Developers (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)
Don't expect Moyer and Bowers to coddle you -- instead you will be presented with some challenging advanced material that will stretch your FileMaker chops.Especially noteworthy is the excellent and in-depth chapter on Secure Login Systems (and sample files). This "how-to" will really help developers understand the benefits, as well as some of the potential pitfalls, of using a global log-in scheme, and there was a real need in the FMP community for professional-quality, advanced information on the topic (as well as for info on other topics that are covered).
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I had no idea I could do this with FileMaker!,
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This review is from: Advanced FileMaker Pro 5.5 Techniques for Developers (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)
I have used Filemaker for a long time for a number of tasks, but this book allowed me to understand the real range of FileMaker Pro. This is a true development tool. The examples are complex and detailed but still understandable. This is a great book, I really recommend it for advanced FileMaker users (this is not a beginner's book).
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Not for beginners,
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This review is from: Advanced FileMaker Pro 5.5 Techniques for Developers (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)
If you are a developer or just a keen user who is looking at enhancing what they can do with FileMaker this is the book for you. There aren't many books of this type for FileMaker but luckily this is a really good one. A little short (at 350 pages) the first 120 pages are on relational basics and design that are applicable to any database. Some may skip these chapters but they contain a wealth of information that helps you understand the fundamental structure of your database and how to improve it. Following chapters go over audit trail, creating a secure login system, advanced use of portals (e.g., using a portal as a selection list and "type-ahead" finds) and rollbacks.The chapter on enhancing your reports with "bucket reports", i.e., subsummary reports that run horizontally across the page instead of down, was particularly useful. Other chapters cover recursive data structures and complex calculations. If you are not fairly literate with FileMaker you may struggle with some of the concepts as the book assumes you already have reasonable knowledge and pretty much jumps straight in. However, even if you have problems following the text the CD that comes with the book includes the databases so you can pull these apart to see how they work. While FileMaker is easy to use for most things, there are some higher level functions that developer need that aren't necessarily straight forward to implement - even if you only get a couple of tips from this book it is worth the purchase as many of the examples covered here simply aren't easily available elsewhere
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When we first started working with FileMaker, we just thought it was cool that we could get the program to do what we wanted (more or less). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
new calculation field, matching related records, relational closure property, bucket reports, invoice history, invoice database, portal row, new value list, invoice table, login system, password cracking software, compound primary key, specific tuple, repeating fields, authentication routine, script step, bound files, prospect records, multivalued dependencies, global fields, invoice date, master access, recursive data structure, utility file, master password Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Audit Temp, Item Number, Show Message, Perform Script, Course Name, Exit Record, Customer Name, Effective Date, Attendee Array, Audit Match, Edit Relationship, Total Year, Student Name, All Subjects, Inv Total, Item Name, Termination Date, Amount Year, Audit Existing Values, Teacher Name, Audit Trigger, Delete Record, Midwestern States, Policy Number, Universal Power Supply New!
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new calculation field, matching related records, relational closure property, bucket reports, invoice history, invoice database, portal row, new value list, invoice table, login system, password cracking software, compound primary key, specific tuple, repeating fields, authentication routine, script step, bound files, prospect records, multivalued dependencies, global fields, invoice date, master access, recursive data structure, utility file, master password Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Audit Temp, Item Number, Show Message, Perform Script, Course Name, Exit Record, Customer Name, Effective Date, Attendee Array, Audit Match, Edit Relationship, Total Year, Student Name, All Subjects, Inv Total, Item Name, Termination Date, Amount Year, Audit Existing Values, Teacher Name, Audit Trigger, Delete Record, Midwestern States, Policy Number, Universal Power Supply New!
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- Managing The Professional Service Firm by David H. Maister in Back Matter
- Relational Database: Selected Writings by Chris J. Date in Back Matter
- An Introduction to Database Systems by C. J. Date in Back Matter
- Extreme Programming in Practice by James W. Newkirk in Back Matter
- Unified Modeling Language User Guide, The (2nd Edition) by Grady Booch in Back Matter
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