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| FileMaker Pro 8: The Missing Manual | 
 enlarge | Authors: Geoff Coffey, Susan Prosser
Publisher: Pogue Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 762
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7 x 1.5
ISBN: 0596005792
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7565
EAN: 9780596005795
ASIN: 0596005792
Publication Date: September 23, 2005
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| Customer Reviews:
 VERY VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! May 11, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Are you a programmer that has been working with FileMaker for a while? If you are, then this book is for you! Authors Geoff Coffey and Susan Prosser, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that explores each feature in depth, offers shortcuts and workarounds, and explains the ramifications of options that a FileMaker Pro manual doesn't even mention.
Coffey and Prosser, begin by exploring FileMaker Pro's interface; and, show you how to perform basic tasks, like entering data and then sorting through it again. Then, the authors show you how to use layouts to make data entry easier and how to create layouts that list and summarize your data. They continue by showing you how to create, connect, and manage multiple tables and how to set up complex relationships that show you just the data you need to see. Next, the authors show you how to use FileMaker Pro's 200+ functions to do the math for you. Then, they show you how scripting works, and learn how to make scripts for people to use. Finally, the authors show you how to protect your database with a password and how to use privileges to determine what folks can do once they get into your database.
FileMaker Pro comes in several flavors, and this excellent book addresses them all. Each chapter contains live examples--step-by-step tutorials that help you learn how to build a database by actually doing it!
The only book you will need to learn FileMaker Pro! April 27, 2006
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I have developed many database applications in other software programs. FileMaker is quite different from the rest, so I had to learn "by the book" to understand many of Filemaker's unique features, so I purchased Filemaker Pro 7 Bible and Using Filemaker Pro 7. The Bible book was totally useless, giving you details for beginners and lots of useless text for someone who already understands database development. The Using books gives details, both not a straight forward approach to developing a database.
But once FileMaker Pro 8: The Missing Manual came out (the first to cover version 8), I purchased it. To my surprise, it was so well written and loaded with practical advise, that I have read to book from end to end. It has excellent examples that I have used in the application I am developing for my company. I continually go back to the book for refreshers to concepts I learned in the book. The other two books hardly get touched!
If there is one book to buy to learn FileMaker Pro, this is it!
 FileMaker Pro8 March 22, 2006
6 out of 23 found this review helpful
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.
From database creation to streamlining with templates March 17, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Geoff Coffey and Susan Prosser's FILEMAKER PRO 8: THE MISSING MANUAL covers everything from database creation and using templates to streamline FileMaker efforts to considering the program's layout tools, calculation formulas, and translating databases for the Web. From beginner to advanced topics, FILEMAKER PRO 8 covers it all using easy language, black and white screen shot examples on almost every page, and plenty of modeling examples.
Great manual for first time and novic users March 1, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I found this manual to be easy to use and understand. Easy to follow with wonderful illustrations and examples. Walks you through each feature and begins with a basic explanation of relational database theory. Uses a systematic design approach, building on each foundational design process while incorporating functions and features. The extra tips along the way are very useful. Light and humorous at times, making it enjoyable reading. Thorough step-by-step processes. If you are a seasoned FMP programmer, this makes a great reference for new features found in version 8 but lacking in coverage of all features. It was void of giving definitions to all of the new functions and operators introduced in version 8. It is also weak on publishing via a FMP server via the web. Only gave an introduction. I had to go to FMP to get PDF documents on specifics for publishing via server on the web. However, with respect to the authors, this book was not intended to cover that kind of detail and they disclaimed that up front.
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