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| Special Edition Using FileMaker 8 | 
 enlarge | Authors: Scott Love, Steve Lane
Publisher: Que
Category: Book
List Price: $44.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 119295
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 912
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 2.2
ISBN: 0789735121
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780789735126
ASIN: 0789735121
Publication Date: May 22, 2006
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 Disappointing Functions separation June 27, 2006
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I have found the book to be excellent and very clear. It is very easy to learn and provides the necessary instruction to use Filemaker 8 powerfully. It is a great product and this is a great companion book.
However I was disappointed to learn that all the functions are now in a separate book. I understand the reasons, but having obtained the book and then to discover it was missing this vital section, albeit a very large section. I believe it should be marketed to buy both books at the same time, perhaps Volume 1 and Volume 2, which alerts you to the fact that you need two books. Having purchased the same title for Filemaker 7 last year and knowing all was contained therein, it was a surprise and somewhat annoying to learn of this change after the book had been delivered. I have bought the download version of the second book.
 Just as it claims: The Only FileMaker 8 Book You Need June 2, 2006
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
While it is not the first book on the market on the new version of FileMaker Pro, Special Edition Using FileMaker 8 is definitely the best on the market for intermediate and advanced users. Written with great clarity, it shows not only the basics of FileMaker Pro, but it progresses to the more advanced topics such as XML/XSLT, FileMaker Server, ODBC/JDBC as well as web publishing. I specially enjoy the chapters on relational database design and data modeling, which many other books do a very poor job, if any at all. Two important areas of developing Filemaker Solution, Scripting and Function, are not only clearly explained, but extensive examples are used to show how they can be combined to make FileMaker Pro not only easy and fun to use, but also capable to tackle complex problems. All the example files are included in a cd, together will a pdf version of the book. I own FileMaker: The Missing Manual, which is great for beginner user to learn the basic; however, if you want to MASTER FileMaker Pro, this is the book to get.
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