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| FileMaker Pro Design & Scripting For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Timothy Trimble
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 81890
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Pages: 360
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0471786489
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7565
EAN: 9780471786481
ASIN: 0471786489
Publication Date: July 12, 2006
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 This title assumes you have FileMaker Pro version 8. October 7, 2008
Before I bought this book I could not discover what version of FileMaker Pro it covered. (I have version 7.)
So I bought it anyhow and as soon as it arrived I discovered it assumed you were using version 8. Oh well... close enough! :-)
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 Dan Butts May 28, 2007
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Book is littered with technical errors and examples that do not work. Don't waste your money!
 wonderful beginner book May 18, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
in doing my research of filemaker pro, i came upon this book. my experience with the dummies series has always been excellent. his book was easy to understand with a hysterical sense of humor. i use the book continually as a reference. i ended up taking a class on filemaker pro which i highly recommend. sometimes you just need someone in front of you to be able to ask questions.
one note... in the beginning of the book, the author stated, "FileMaker provides full, multiuser support for up to five users without requiring the user to add any additional licenses or patches." that statement is misleading. i understood that statement to mean one license would allow five user. not true! as long as each computer attempting to view the same file has a unique license number, five users can access the same file at the same time. if more than five users at a time are going to be using the file, you'll need to buy filemaker server. that is my only complaint. other than that, fabulous!
Excellent book for beginning Filemaker projects and beyond April 5, 2007
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I found this book to be very informative and helpful. It walks you through the steps to setting up a database with tables and layouts and starting script writing. I liked the humor thrown in. Reading and following the examples helped make alot of sense out of what the book was trying to accomplish, which was setting up the database.
A good book for FileMaker "users" wanting to become "developers" January 5, 2007
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
When choosing a book of this type, it's important to realize who the target audience is.
The overwhelming majority of FileMaker Pro users are beginners in database design and development. Most of these people have either read the manual or figured out the basics on their own, and can wield FMP as an office productivity tool just fine. (If you are purchasing this book, and have not read the FMP manuals, I suggest that you do so, they are well written, not painfully long, and quite useful to get started.)
This book is aimed at helping people get to the next step; from office productivity user to fledgling developer, and it serves that purpose very well.
If you want to learn more about design and scripting in FMP, then buy this book. After you've mastered this material, go for some of the more advanced texts out there.
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