FileMaker Pro 4 and the World Wide Web (Claris Press) [Paperback]

Jesse Feiler (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0126380554 | ISBN-13: 978-0126380552 | Publication Date: September 4, 1998 | Edition: 1st

This book shows readers how to publish a FileMaker Pro 4.0 database on the Web, making it a must-have book for Web designers, Webmasters, or FileMaker Pro users who want to share their FileMaker Pro databases with anyone on the World Wide Web. Packed with useful tips for intranet and Internet users, the author steps readers through Instant and Custom Web Publishing, which provide direct access to FileMaker Pro databases via a Web browser, eliminating the need for separate Web server software and separate CGI software. Readers are also shown how to create dynamic, FileMaker Pro connected Web pages using Claris Home Page. There's also an overview of Internet tools like FTP, Java, HTML basics, security issues, and a useful troubleshooting section. CD-ROM runs on Macintosh and Windows 3.1, 95, and NT platforms



* Covers allowing updates and dynamic data to create unique solutions to sizing problems and security issues
* Includes detailed case studies
* Contains a CD-ROM for Macintosh and Windows with a sample database and all the tools needed--including CGIs--to easily set up a Web server

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About the Author

Jesse Feiler is Software Director of Philmont Software Mill. Co-author of Finding and Fixing Your Year 2000: A Guide for Small Businesses and Organizations with Barbara Butler, and the author of the upcoming FileMaker Pro and the World Wide Web, Jesse has also written Rhapsody Developer's Guide, Cyberdog, and Real World Apple Guide. He has served as a consultant, author, and speaker for many prestigious businesses, including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Prodigy, Kodak, Young & Rubicam, and Apple Computer, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 526 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1st edition (September 4, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0126380554
• ISBN-13: 978-0126380552
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,930,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Software developer and author specializing in new technologies, Mac OS X, and FileMaker. Consulting through North Country Consulting focuses on small business and non-profits, helping them use new technologies to manage their operations in retail, production, contact management, and planning.

Active in the non-profit world, treasurer of HB Studio and HB Playwrights Foundation, past-president of Mid-Hudson Library System. Interested in non-profit governance, specializing in trustee training seminars.

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disorganized and incomplete, November 2, 1998

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This review is from: FileMaker Pro 4 and the World Wide Web (Claris Press) (Paperback)

If you are needing to publish a FileMakerPro database on the web, don't look here for the solution. While covering many of the essentials, it verbosely hints at the details and misses on providing useful CDML and HTML usage and tips. Examples are both incomplete, too complex and sometimes misleading; such as providing a screenshot of a HTML form, but then on the next page discussing the code to a different form 40 pages previous. As the official FileMaker book on the topic, it is woefully inadequate for the audience it is intended for.