Product Description
Used by millions worldwide, FileMaker Pro is an award-winning database program for managing people, projects, images, assets, and other information. It’s easy to use and totally customizable–so long as you know what you’re doing. But FileMaker Pro doesn’t come with a printed manual, so FileMaker Pro: The Missing Manual is the authoritative, jargon-free book that should have been in the box.
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. Packed with practical information as well as countless expert tips and invaluable guidance, it’s an in-depth guide to designing and building useful databases with the powerful and pliable FileMaker Pro.
Covering FileMaker for both Windows and Macintosh, FileMaker Pro: The Missing Manual is ideal for small business users, home users, school teachers, developers–anyone who wants to organize information efficiently and effectively. Whether you want to run a business, publish a shopping cart on the Web, plan a wedding, manage a student information system at your school, or program databases for clients, this book delivers.
Author Geoff Coffey has many years of experience using FileMaker Pro (he was, in fact, an early beta tester for the product). Author Susan Prosser is a FileMaker Certified Developer who trains other developers. Together, Coffey and Prosser show you how to:
- Get FileMaker up and running quickly and smoothly
- Import and organize information with ease
- Design relational databases that are simple to use, yet powerful
- Take advantage of FileMaker Pro calculation capabilities
- Automate processes with scripting
- Customize FileMaker Pro to your needs and preferences
- Share information with other people (coworkers, clients, and customers) and other programs
- Understand and select the best security options
What could easily come across as dry and intimidating–things like relational theory, calculations, and scripting–are presented in a way that is interesting and intuitive to mainstream users. In no time, you’ll be working more productively and efficiently using FileMaker Pro.
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Touted as the “missing manual” I was expecting good guidance on concrete applications. I bought the software with the primary intent of converting various large Excel files into a database. The manual is large on theory and small on concrete help. My efforts to convert Excel files failed so often that I finally gave up trying. The book was of no help.
Amazon User Rating: 2 / 5
This manual has everything I ever needed to know about Filemaker in it. Easy to understand and a great tool for those who are new to Filemaker (as well as people who aren’t so new, but don’t know it all).
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
This book was a great help when I decided to take on the task of developing my company’s database! It showed me all the tricks and tips that I needed to get the job done.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
I have been trying to use all the resources – bundled manuals, vtc, lynda.com since 2005 to learn filemaker/a database from scratch. I chose filemaker for 2 reasons – ease of use and support for OS X technologies like Applescript. I found it a bit challenging to understand concepts in Database design but with this one book things were more clear than ever before. I have finished this book and am planning to buy the latest version for filemaker 9.
If you are a newbie in database programming and need to get a well explained book to help you through building your own database. Get this book. It is well worth it.
BTW thanks for this book, I have a fully functional database to manage information related to my studies and research.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve been using Filemaker since it was originally developed by Claris (or was it Apple?); I currently am using Filemaker Pro 7.0 v3 on my Apple computers. I obtained “The Missing Manual for Filemaker Pro 8″ to evaluate those features that are “new” to FP 8 or a significant improvement over an existing FP 7 capability. This evaluation of new benefits would justify the expense of purchasing an upgrade to Filemaker Pro 8.
The Introduction section does provide a succinct summary of the new features of FP 8. I’ve read the book as a reference and training manual.
“The Missing Manual for Filemaker Pro 8″ is a comprehensive and detailed document that is replete with descriptive words, well chosen illustrations AND builds upon a comprehensive set of sample database files available from the http://www.missingmanuals.com web site. These sample files greatly ease the task of learning the features of Filemaker Pro. Like all Missing Manual books, the web site provides valuable errata in addition to the working examples.
This is a valuable reference (and now a well thumbed resource) whether you are new to Filemaker Pro, an experienced database developer or a “professional” database designer.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5