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| Filemaker Pro 5 Bible | 
 enlarge | Author: Steven A. Schwartz
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
New (9) Used (19) Collectible (1) from $0.81
Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 866549
Media: Paperback
Edition: Bk&CD Rom
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 749
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.8
ISBN: 0764534068
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7565
UPC: 785555019096
EAN: 9780764534065
ASIN: 0764534068
Publication Date: January 15, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
 Big disappointment. January 29, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you've got the 4.0 Bible, this book is a complete waste of money. Might suffice for a newbie.
 bible of what? October 29, 2000
How is this a filemaker pro bible? It never goes beyond filemaker pro, the basics. The basics are also in the Filemaker Pro manual, which comes with the software at NO additional cost. Actual intermediate and advanced techniques with scripts and calculations are never covered. As someone who has spent way too much money on Filemaker Pro books at this point, the money on this book, and most of the others has been a big waste. Apparently Scriptology, Filemaker Pro Demysitfied by Matt Petrowsky and John Osborne, is the ONLY Filemaker Pro book available that covers actual Filemaker Pro techniques, calculations, and scripts. The Filemaker Pro Bible just doesn't do that. Filemaker can be very powerful, but from the bible, you would never know. Read the manual, buy Scriptology, and check out the filemaker newsgroup. Leave the bible alone.
Not for serious developers at ALL :( October 28, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I agree with the other reviews. This book is not for the serious developer...it does not cover any real-world situations and rarely goes "beyond the user manual." It sticks right close the user manual, in fact. It doesn't cover important areas like integrating/using FileMaker plugins, barely nrushes on ODBC connectivity and has no useful info on GUI development. There's a lot of great tips out there for this! Also, it'd be nice to have a resources section with lots of the best Web sites and resources out there that I could turn to.
Great Reference for FileMaker Newbies, but.................. September 21, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
As a professional FMP developer the book has been of no use to me. If you are new to FileMaker, this would be an excellent reference, otherwise don't waste your time. Also, do NOT buy this book if you own any of the other FMP Bibles. A great deal of the text is taken directly out of the previous versions of FMP Bible.
bibles are for believers August 4, 2000
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
To be fair, I did not read this page-to-page, but spent a few hours poring over it along with a few other books on Filemaker Pro in the bookstore. Unfortunately I have yet to find a book on Filemaker that goes significantly beyond the manual to explain and exemplify some of the more powerful features of Filemaker, say, the calculation fields and scripting. I'm a regular observer of the Filemaker forums online and can understand why they are so popular. I agree with the first reviewer that the book should not simply target beginners, as Filemaker is simple enough already to waste time on intuitive tasks. This for the true bibliophile.
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