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Books and Magazines on FileMaker Pro and Bento

FileMaker 12 In Depth

FileMaker 12 In Depth is the most comprehensive, coherent, and practical guide to creating professional-quality solutions with the newest versions of FileMaker! Drawing on his unsurpassed real-world experience as a FileMaker user, consultant, and developer, Jesse Feiler helps you gain practical mastery of today’s newest, most advanced FileMaker tools and features.

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FileMaker Pro 12: The Missing Manual

You don't have to be a techie to use FileMaker Pro 12, but you do need to know what you're doing. FileMaker pros Susan Prosser and Stuart Gripman can help. With their new, crystal-clear guide—FileMaker Pro 12: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, $39.99)—you'll learn how to create a powerful database that lets you organize, manage and analyze your data. Whether you are running a small business, or a workgroup in a large corporation, you'll learn how to customize your database and make it work for you.

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FileMaker & Me

FileMaker & Me is a thought provoking interactive, multimedia book on Interface Design.  The author takes the approach that function should follow form and that everything starts with the interface.  Containing hundreds of screenshots and examples, the book also shows how to solve many common problems using best practices.  Ipad only.

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FileMaker Pro 12 Essential Training with Cris Ippolite

Leading FileMaker developer, Cris Ippolite walks through the essential FileMaker Pro 12 skills, from creating tables to managing fields and records and working with layouts. The course shows how to find and sort data, create reports, import and export data, create scripts, and diagram relationships, and more.

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Data-Driven iOS Apps for iPad and iPhone with FileMaker Pro, Bento by FileMaker and FileMaker Go

Jesse Feiler shows power users, IT professionals, knowledge workers, and managers exactly how to integrate data from multiple FileMaker software product sources with iPads, iPhones, and the web.

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FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual

This book gets you started building your first database right away. This hands-on, friendly guide helps you produce results, whether you're using FileMaker Pro to run a business, pursue a hobby, or plan your retirement. It's accessible enough for beginners and thorough enough for the experienced.

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The Bento Book: Beauty and Simplicity in Digital Organization

by Jesse Feiler

Find everything fast...from iCal, Address Book, Apple Mail, even MobileMe and iPhone

 
  • Use Bento’s stunning templates and themes
  • Master Smart Collections and other advanced features
  • Keep a nature/garden log
  • Manage projects
  • Create storyboards
  • And more...much more
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Bento is the best way to organize your life. Your contacts, events, tasks, projects, stuff, everything. This book makes Bento even better. (And even easier.) Learn how to use everything that’s built into Bento...and extend Bento to do even more. Quick. Elegant. Smart. And 100% Mac. That’s Bento. And that’s the Bento Book. Bento 2 adds new features. Find out what’s new and how to use hot relations, export and import Bento libraries, and use new view features.

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FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual

by Susan Prosser, Geoff Coffey

FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual is a thorough-but friendly-guide to everything you can do with FileMaker Pro. You'll get your first database up and running in minutes, using the time-tested design techniques the pros use. Written by two renowned FileMaker Pro trainers, this book shows you step-by-step how to build databases that meet your needs-however simple or complex. This fully updated edition covers FileMaker Pro 10's newest timesaving features. You'll learn how to import information from Mac OS X's new Bento databases, write scripts to make your databases even easier to use, and send email right from FileMaker.

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Learn FileMaker Pro 10

Learn FileMaker Pro 10

by Jonathan Stars

Learn FileMaker® Pro 10 provides an excellent reference to FileMaker Inc.'s award-winning database program for both beginners and advanced developers. From converting files created with previous versions of FileMaker Pro and sharing data on the web to creating reports and sorting data, this book offers a hands-on approach to getting the most out of your FileMaker Pro databases.

Covered are the completely redesigned Status area (Status toolbar), the SMTP-based Send Mail option, Saved Finds feature, the new script trigger feature, Bento integration, the enhanced Web viewer, and everything else you need to get up and running quickly on FileMaker Pro 10.

The Everything Reference

by FMPug

It's a concoction of books, reference manuals, guides, application help files and original work, distilled into a single convenient source. Staying true to its name, we believe this book will prove to be an "everything reference" and a useful addition to your information arsenal.

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FileMaker(R) 9 Developer Reference: Functions, Scripts, Commands, and Grammars, with Extensive Custom Function Examples (Paperback)

By Bob Bowers, Steve Lane, Scott Love

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.

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Web Publishing with PHP and FileMaker 9

By Jonathan Stark

Whether you are a FileMaker developer who is new to web publishing, a web developer who is new to FileMaker, or a complete beginner looking to put your data online, this book is for you.

Using a catalog-publishing example, you learn the basics of web publishing and how to write your own HTML and PHP. You also learn how to build a FileMaker database and install and configure the FileMaker Server to host the database. When you are done, you will have a working website!

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Learn FileMaker Pro 9 (Wordware Library for FileMaker)

By Jonathan Stars

This book covers it all, with topics ranging from defining database terms, security, and converting files from previous FileMaker Pro versions to using files on the web, creating reports and scripts, and using the amazing Web Viewer and powerful new External SQL Data Sources.

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FileMaker Pro 9 Essential Training

By Cris Ippolite

FileMaker Pro 9 represents a significant upgrade over previous versions, with many new and enhanced features. In this training, instructor Cris Ippolite covers each of the new features in detail. He demonstrates how to build a database from scratch for a thorough understanding of FileMaker from start to finish. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

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FileMaker Pro 9 Beyond the Basics

By Cris Ippolite

In FileMaker Pro 9 Beyond the Basics, Certified Developer and Authorized Trainer Cris Ippolite offers comprehensive training in how to use FileMaker Pro 9 to its full potential. He also teaches numerous hands-on techniques for publishing FileMaker Pro 9 databases to networks and the web. The tutorials cover relationship types, external data sources, the new FileMaker Server 9, functions, objects, simple and complex reports, and even the new PHP Site Assistant. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

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FileMaker Pro 9: Beginner VTC Training CD

By John Mark Osborne

Everything you need to know about FileMaker Pro 9 from A to Z can be found in this CD set of 145 lessons. If you are a beginning FileMaker user, this is for you!

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FileMaker Pro 9: The Missing Manual

By Geoff Coffey, Susan Prosser

FileMaker Pro 9: The Missing Manual is the clear, thorough and accessible guide to this popular desktop database program. FileMaker Pro lets you do almost anything with the information you give it -- you can print corporate reports, plan your retirement, or run a small country. This Missing Manual helps non-technical folks like you get in, get your database built, and get the results you need. Pronto.

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Custom Web Publishing with the FileMaker API for PHP

by Stephen Knight

This book covers web publishing from HTML basics to advanced scripting with the FileMaker API for PHP. I have included dozens of exercises that will take you through an HTML primer, a CSS primer, a PHP primer, a FileMaker API for PHP primer, and a FileMaker API for PHP Advanced section.

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FileMaker Web Publishing: The Ultimate Guide to FileMaker and PHP

by Stephen Knight

This book covers web publishing from HTML basics to hard core FX.php and PHP scripting. The book also includes dozens of exercises that will take you through an HTML primer, a CSS primer, a PHP primer, an FX.php primer, and an FX.php Advanced section.

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FileMaker Pro 9 Bible

by Ray Cologon, Dennis R. Cohen

FileMaker Pro 9 Bible provides step-by-step procedures for using virtually all FileMaker Pro features and performing all tasks. This best-selling volume has been completely rewritten to focus on FileMaker application development using FileMaker Pro 9, the latest version of FileMaker Pro workgroup database.

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FileMaker Pro Business Applications: For versions 8 and 8.5

by Arthur Evans

This book gives small business owners and workgroup managers the power to write their own database applications. After demonstrating how easily a database can be written using FileMaker Pro, the book introduces a set of 11 business database case studies that provide easily adaptable solutions for a variety of data management requirements.

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FileMaker 8 @work : Projects and Techniques to Get the Job Done

by Jesse Feiler

This book provides step-by-step coverage of how to complete a variety of projects that a panel of users has verified as common projects those using the application are asked to complete.

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FileMaker Pro 8: The Missing Manual

by Geoff Coffey, Susan Prosser

FileMaker Pro: The Missing Manual approaches FileMaker the way FileMaker approaches you: it's user-friendly and seemingly straightforward enough, but it offers plenty of substance worthy of deeper exploration.

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Creating a Database in FileMaker Pro 8 : Visual QuickProject Guide

by Steve Schwartz

If you want to make a great-looking, practical database fast but don't want to get bogged down with the details, then you need a Visual QuickProject Guide!

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FileMaker Pro 8 for Windows and Macintosh : Visual QuickStart

by Nolan Hester

Using pictures rather than lengthy explanations, this Visual QuickStart Guide takes you from working with records and files to creating and designing databases, printing and networking with FileMaker, and Web publishing with FileMaker in no time.

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Special Edition Using FileMaker 9

by Jesse Feiler

Author Jesse Feiler crafted this book to grow with you, providing the reference material you need as you move toward FileMaker 9 proficiency and the use of more advanced features.

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FileMaker Pro Design & Scripting For Dummies

by Timothy Trimble

Applicable to both the Mac and Windows versions of FileMaker, FileMaker Pro 8 For Dummies shows readers how to create databases that will allow them to manage large amounts of information efficiently.

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FileMaker Advisor magazine

by Advisor Media

FILEMAKER ADVISOR MAGAZINE is the advanced guide to developing solutions with FileMaker software. In each issue, top experts give you proven developer techniques, powerful scripts, and innovative tips and tricks.

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Advisor Basics of FileMaker Pro magazine

by Advisor Media

Jump-start your FileMaker Pro understanding and abilities with ADVISOR BASICS FOR FILEMAKER PRO. In each issue you'll learn the fundamentals step-by-step, get handy tips, and find ready-to-use solutions.

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FileMaker Web Publishing: A Complete Guide to Using the API for PHP

by Allyson Olm, Stephen Knight, Michael Petrov

FileMaker Web Publishing offers an unparalleled development strategy for database managers, web designers, and programmers who are interested in getting the most out of FileMaker databases on the web. As the book covers both introductory web publishing and advanced database programming on the web, it is ideal for all skill levels. .

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