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| FileMaker 8 Functions and Scripts Desk Reference | 
 enlarge | Authors: Scott Love, Steve Lane, Bob Bowers
Publisher: Que
Category: Book
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Pages: 456
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.9 x 1
ISBN: 0789735113
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.75
EAN: 9780789735119
ASIN: 0789735113
Publication Date: March 3, 2006
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Good reference. already out of date . . . September 5, 2007
this is a great reference, and the portion on custom functions is great for someone learning more about this wonderful feature of filemaker. the text has a few typos which will have you scratching your head while trying to make your functions work. be careful - some functions are mis-named in the bubblesort section. otherwise this is a great book, but if you have a copy of "Special Edition: using Filemaker", then you don't need this book. just check on Cleveland Consulting and Brian Dunning's websites for your custom function fun.
Filemaker references May 15, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I recieved this book several weeks ago, Being a refernce manual I have not read it cover to cover but I have used the Custom Calculation functios section significantly. The examble are clear and easy to follow. Knowing a programming language certainly helps. I think any programmer or developer working with Filemaker 8 will find this book extermely useful
Very useful, exhaustively researched. March 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book primarily because I was so impressed with Scott's Filemaker 8 book. I have found it useful as an occasional reference to some of the more obscure parts of the Filemaker 8 program. If anything, it helps you realize just how much thought has been put into the program. Some of the functions are quite hard to get your head around, with or without this book, but almost impossible without it.
If you are a developer, and think that there are functions and script steps just waiting for you to understand and use to make your job easier, this book is well worth it. Otherwise, you may not really make use of it.
 Less than it should be February 24, 2007
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
The authors gloat in their "Special Edition Using FileMaker 8" that they countered their editor's request to cut 10% from their previous book by increasing the content by 50% and creating a second book. In my review of "Special Edition Using FileMaker 8", I noted that it was a hack job; a superficial revision of the previous edition covering Version 7. In fact, the revision was so sloppy that references to Version 7 abound.
"FileMaker 8 Functions and Scripts Desk Reference" is little more than a slightly annotated printout of FileMaker's own help file. The language is a bit less terse, but no more informative. There are very few examples and what there are are minimal.
In short, there isn't much more here than you'd find in FileMaker's own help files. You're really paying to have the information in a more convenient format and that's about it. It's a nice book to have on hand but I would have warmer feelings if the authors had done more to help the FileMaker user actually learn about the power the FileMaker's functions and scripting capabilities.
Jerry
A reference book February 7, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
Scott Love, et al, have created a good reference book to supplement their gargantuan effort "Using FileMaker 8 (Special Edition)".
Beginning developers imagine that all the power will be in functions and scripts. This is a slight misconception: scripts and functions will augment, but not replace, database design and interface design. Simple databases will be extensions of flat-file designs that take advantage of relational concepts; occasional functions might improve the user interface, and scripts (which are often point-and-click) can automate many functions.
Eventually, you may wish to buy this book. But you'll very likely buy it and work backward to simply improving the actions in your design. You'll probably need only "SE: Using FileMaker 8...", but you'll feel comforted by this edition, and, perhaps, get your boss to pay for it. Good luck.
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