FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual

Description

The FileMaker Pro 10 desktop database lets you do almost anything with the information you give it -- especially with this book as your guide. Clear, thorough, and accessible, FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual helps you get in, build your database, and get the results you need, whether you're running a business, pursuing a hobby, or planning your retirement. It's the ideal guide for non-technical and experienced folks alike.

 Each chapter in this fully updated edition covers the latest timesaving features of FileMaker Pro 10, including saved finds and a redesigned toolbar that reveals information and features more clearly than ever. You'll learn how to import information from the new Bento consumer database (Mac only), write scripts to make your database even easier to use, and send email without leaving FileMaker.

 With this book, you will:

* Get your first database running in minutes and perform basic tasks right away
* Catalog people, processes, and things with streamlined data entry and sorting tools
* Use your data to generate reports, correspondence, and other documents with ease
* Create, connect, and manage multiple tables and set up complex relationships that display just the data you need
* Crunch numbers, search text, or pin down dates and times with dozens of built-in formulas
* Outfit your database for the Web, and import and export data to other formats

 You'll also get objective advice on which features are really useful, and which aren't. To make the most of this database, you need FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual -- the book that should have been in the box.

CONTENTS:

The Missing CreditsIntroductionPart I: Getting Started with FileMaker
* Chapter 1: Working with a Database
* Chapter 2: Organizing and Editing Records
* Chapter 3: Building a New DatabasePart II: Layouts
* Chapter 4: Understanding Layouts
* Chapter 5: Building Basic Layouts
* Chapter 6: Advanced Layouts and ReportsPart III: Multiple Tables and Relationships
* Chapter 7: Adding Multiple Tables and Relationships
* Chapter 8: Advanced Relationship TechniquesPart IV: Calculations
* Chapter 9: Understanding Calculations
* Chapter 10: More Calculations and Data Types
* Chapter 11: Advanced Calculations
* Chapter 12: Extending CalculationsPart V: Scripting
* Chapter 13: Understanding Scripts
* Chapter 14: Exploring Script Steps
* Chapter 15: Advanced ScriptingPart VI: Security and Integration
* Chapter 16: Adding Security
* Chapter 17: Sharing Data with Other Systems
* Chapter 18: Sharing Your Database
* Chapter 19: Applying Developer UtilitiesPart VII: Appendixes
* Getting Help
* FileMaker Error CodesColophon