FileMaker® 9 Developer Reference: Functions, Scripts, Commands, and Grammars, with Extensive Custom Function Examples (Adobe Reader)
- By Bob Bowers, Steve Lane, Scott Love
- Published Aug 2, 2007 by Que.
- Copyright 2008
- Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
- Pages: 600
- Edition: 1st
- eBook
- ISBN-10: 0-7686-7687-8
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7686-7687-7
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Maybe you know FileMaker, and you have used it for years, but need a quick reference, immediately accessible while not interrupting your work on screen. This is the only book on the market expressly focused on describing each calculation formula and how and when to use each! Filled with real-world, concrete examples, this book is an invaluable companion to readers working to develop solutions to their every day software problems. Contains hundreds of calculation functions, script steps, and operations that will appeal to every FileMaker user, new and old.
Table of Contents
Introduction Welcome to FileMaker 9
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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