FileMaker Pro 8.5 Essential Training

Comprehensive coverage of FileMaker's principles and functions, from understanding databases to managing them.FileMaker Pro has been around almost as long as personal computers. Now in its mid-20s, the application offers new and powerful additions to its impressive and mature feature set. FileMaker Pro 8.5 Essential Training with Cris Ippolite gives comprehensive coverage of the program's primary principles and functions. From understanding the concept of a database and building and browsing records to designing smart user interfaces, from defining and validating fields to calculating and scripting essentials, Ippolite demonstrates and clarifies both the big picture and the finer points of database management with FileMaker Pro 8.5. The training also teaches users about a feature that is new to FileMaker 8.5--the Web Viewer--which allows the addition of a live web page within a record. Exercise files accompany the training. Topics include: Understanding database concepts Using FileMaker Pro template files Designing database layouts Choosing file options Finding and sorting data Creating value lists Printing basics Calculation and scripting essentials Defining data relationships Database security