FileMaker Pro 8.5
Advanced Course

About the course:

This course is designed to build upon the skills of the basic FileMaker Pro user beyond the functions present in the standard version of FileMaker Pro. You will be exploring advanced scripting , relational database concepts, and learning how to build complex FileMaker Pro solutions and by the end of the course you should be able to build multi table solutions. The course uses the Advanced version of Filemaker Pro and outlines the differences and extra features present in this essential developer tool. If you are going to be building a lot of databases, this is the course for you.

Course pre-requisites:

Delegates must have attended the Basic course, and be a confident user of FileMaker with knowledge of writing scripts, calculations and building relational databases.

Duration:

2 days

Topics:

Overview of FileMaker 8.0 Advanced

A quick recap of basic skills and existing knowledge of FileMaker

Database concepts including the Separation Model

Advanced Features

Data Viewer, Script Debugger, Tool Tips, Copy and Paste enhancements, Importing tables, Using variables, Creating runtime solutions, custom menus, and custom functions.

Importing Records and Tables

Creating a separation Model from a non-seperated solution

Database Design Report

Using Variables and Script Parameters

Using Plug-ins

Creating generic tools.

Overview of Instant Web Publishing (IWP)

Overview of Custom Web Publishing (CWP)

Viewing web pages through the new Web viewer tool

Naming and selecting objects by their object name

Securing your Databases

Sharing your Databases

FileMaker Pro Server