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Jumpstarting FileMaker 8.5, O’Reilly Releases “FileMaker 8.5: Integrating the Web”
“The new features in FileMaker Pro 8.5 will have a big impact on
the way users interact with data,” observes Prosser. “These new
features also streamline under-the-hood work and give developers
more ways to make life easier for end users.”
FileMaker itself is the ideal database, according to Prosser,
FileMaker Pro 8 Certified Developer, and president of the
consulting firm DBHQ: it’s approachable, and user-friendly, but
with unsuspected depth for those willing to poke around. And the
new FileMaker 8.5 is by far the most powerful, flexible, and
responsive version of the software yet.
Inarguably the biggest and most exciting new feature in FileMaker
8.5 is the Web Viewer. “It lets you assemble data from the web on
the same layout as your business data,” says Prosser. “With a Web
Viewer, FileMaker shows you the data you need, right where you need
to see it. But you don’t have to store or maintain that data, since
it stays on the web, where it belongs.” For example, “you’ll see a
different Google search result or MapQuest map or FedEx tracking
page in the Web Viewer for each of the records in your database.”
“In other words, FileMaker is bringing you what the experts call
data-driven web content,” says Prosser. And that’s precisely what
today’s users demand. For taking full advantage of the Web Viewer,
Prosser’s PDF—developed with advice and review from top experts at
FileMaker—covers:
-How the new Web Viewer works and how it interacts with
FileMaker
-Step-by-step instructions for creating a Web Viewer from one of
FileMaker’s templates or a totally custom Web Viewer
-How to use a Web Viewer to surf your company’s Intranet
-Ways to make the Web Viewer more user friendly
-Where to access the Web Viewer Gallery, where professional
developers’ Web Viewer applications are featured
But there are plenty more improvements and additions to FileMaker
8.5 than the Web Viewer, and there is plenty more information
packed into this 30-page PDF, which covers both the Mac and Windows
platforms. Readers will also learn about:
-Object Naming (including FileMaker’s rules for object names and
how to use Object Names in scripts)
-These new Script Steps: Set Web Viewer and Go to Object
-These new Functions: LayoutObjectNames, GetAsURLEncoded, and
List
-FileMaker’s new Learning Center, with video tutorials for both
beginners and experienced users
-8.5’s Universal Binary (for the new Intel Macs)
With this affordable PDF and its companion sample file at their
fingertips and FileMaker 8.5 loaded onto their computers,
developers will be able to create smart, dependable,
up-to-the-minute databases in no time.
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“FileMaker 8.5: Integrating the Web”
Susan Prosser
ISBN: 059652823X, 30 pages, $7.99 US, $9.99 CAN
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