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FileMaker Pro 11: The Missing Manual
by Susan Prosser, Stuart Gripman
Amazon Price: $26.39
Customer Review: I'm sorry. Maybe it's just me. But I find the book mysterious and hard to follow. Perhaps the book would be easier to understand if I already understood FileMaker. The book starts off telling me how t...
 
FileMaker Pro Design & Scripting For Dummies
by Timothy Trimble
Amazon Price: $16.49
Customer Review: I bought this book to learn scripting, but does not have enough on scripting. The FileMaker Pro Bible & the Missing Manual are better.
On second thought, if you are an absolute beginner at scri...
 
FileMaker Pro 10 Bible
by Ray Cologon
Amazon Price: $29.72
Customer Review: Great book! My company made the jump from filemaker 6 to filemaker 10. I never would have been able to complete the upgrade with just the regular filemaker manual. It was invaluable and very easy to f...
 
FileMaker Pro 10: The Missing Manual
by Susan Prosser, Geoff Coffey
Amazon Price: $26.39
Customer Review: Turns out what I needed most was a really good explanation and examples of JOIN TABLES. It seems that the real power of Filemaker just might reside in unlocking this mystery. And it remains a mystery.
 
Using FileMaker Bento
by Jesse Feiler
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Customer Review: As the previous reviewer mentioned, I had some difficulties accessing the online materials, but both the author and
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FileMaker News

New Bento 3 Project Manager Makes Project and Time Management Easy
FileMaker, Inc. today announced the Bento 3 Project Manager, a new set of templates designed to make it easy for Mac users to track their personal projects and manage their time within one integrated, intuitive place. The Bento 3 Project Manager includes a free 30-day trial of the popular Bento 3 personal database for Mac, plus two professionally designed, ready-to-use templates.
MacNewsWorld: "For iPad users of FileMaker Pro, FileMaker Go is another reaso...
"iPad slingers who need a database app with more horsepower than Bento may find exactly the cruncher they're looking for in FileMaker Go. Those who already use Go's cousin, FileMaker Pro, can easily swap files from computer to tablet and back using a variety of methods [and] many of the functions of the desktop version of the database program are preserved on the Go version."
Padvance: FileMaker Go for iPad is a "Must Have"
"FileMaker users, rejoice! Your wishes have been granted. On June 21, FileMaker, a subsidiary of Apple Inc., introduced FileMaker Go for accessing and modifying your FileMaker databases from the iPad. We are happy to report that this app will revolutionize the way businesses and individuals interact with their databases."
New Educational App Store Volume Purchase Program for Bento and FileMaker Go ...
Aug 10, 2010 - Qualifying schools and universities in the U.S. now receive 50% off standard App Store pricing on new FileMaker Go and Bento Apps when purchasing 20 or more units on the Apple App Store. The education volume pricing for FileMaker and Bento apps is: FileMaker Go for iPhone $9.99 (USD) - FileMaker Go for iPad $19.99 (USD) - Bento for iPhone $2.49 (USD) - Bento for iPad $2.49 (USD)
eWeek: FileMaker Go is nudging iPhone and iPad into enterprise space
eWeek notes the availability of new FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad and reports, "FileMaker is nudging the iPad and iPhone further into the enterprise space by bringing their database technology to the mobile devices' users. The company released FileMaker Go iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad Tuesday, and the programs are now available through Apple?s iTunes App Store. With FileMaker Go, users can view, edit and search for information in FileMaker databases."
New FileMaker Go is a Top-Ten iPad App for Work, says Datamation
Datamation.com today surveyed the world of iPad Apps for work, for business and IT professionals, and lists the new FileMaker Go as one of the top ten iPad Apps for work.
Mashable sees FileMaker Go appealing to serious business users
Mashable.com looks at the new FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad and finds them "further proof that mobile devices, both phones and tablets, are being taken more seriously by business users. As business adoption increases, more robust application support has followed ... You can do almost anything with the data that you could in the FileMaker Pro desktop app, including sorting, connecting to external SQL data sources and even running most of the scripts that work with FileMaker Pro."
New FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad are available
FileMaker Go for iPhone and FileMaker Go for iPad, giving mobile users access to FileMaker Pro databases, are available now on the iTunes App Store, FileMaker announced today. FileMaker Go users can easily view, edit and search for information in FileMaker databases on their iPhone or iPad. The two new Apps let users access databases created with FileMaker Pro and hosted on FileMaker Server or FileMaker Pro; ideal for mobile teams. And FileMaker Go users can also copy databases between their desktop or laptop computers and FileMaker Go via File Sharing in iTunes; perfect for single user databases. Databases may also be downloaded by email, popular file sharing sites, or the web.
Wired Educator: Put Bento on Your iPad and in Your Classroom!
Wired Educator is a self-proclaimed "ardent supporter of an iPad in every classroom" and they just reviewed the new Bento for iPad: "Bento for iPad is a fantastic database that helps educators ... Teachers can use Bento to organize their lessons, their classrooms, student records, inventory, attendance, and so much more in an easy and visually stunningly format. Bento is a must for any iPad-packing educator."
Bento Template Exchange celebrates 1st birthday, offers 645 templates
Our Bento Template Exchange is one year old today! Please visit and browse the great variety of templates, all showing real-world uses for Bento. You can download and install any of the 645 templates to see just how easy Bento makes it to organize any type of information.
PC MAG: FileMaker Pro 11 is a 'Must-Have Business Application'
PCMAG.com lists 10 software applications which set a standard in meeting businesses' needs, including the new FileMaker Pro 11. PC MAG says, "FileMaker Pro 11 is an ideal database solution for small businesses. A streamlined interface makes it easy for even database newbies to get databases designed quickly and integrate them with the Web. Ad-hoc reporting, chart creation, and connectivity with other ODBC and JDBC compliant databases give FileMaker Pro 11 enterprise-level capabilities."
New! Bento 3 Student Survival Kit available for free download!
The Bento 3 Student Survival Kit makes organizing all the details of campus life fast and easy. There are 5 pre-designed, ready-to-use templates to organize your lecture notes, group projects, special events, classes, and job searching. Download today!
PC MAG Editors' Choice award for new FileMaker Pro 11
PCMAG.com awards its Editors' Choice to the new FileMaker Pro 11. As Samara Lynn writes: "Everything we liked about FileMaker Pro 10 returns in FileMaker Pro 11: Ease of use, powerful relational databases, a fast database design process, and helpful assistance with report-making. The latest version of the database software builds upon that rock-solid foundation by sporting a more streamlined interface, better overall responsiveness, and new features that focus on the graphical representation of data in charts and other layouts, Web integration, and ways to make it even easier for users to merge existing data into FileMaker than before. FileMaker Pro 11 still lists at $299 ($179 for upgrades), but the new features?in particular, chart creation and ad-hoc reporting?give the application even more gravitas in the database space."
New Business Productivity Kit for FileMaker Pro 11
Get the newly updated Business Productivity Kit today. When you download a free 30-day trial of FileMaker Pro 11, you?ll receive ready-to-use templates for your everyday business tasks. Choose from either the Standard Edition or the Services Edition. Manage contacts, process services orders, organize products, and much more. Plus you?ll receive a bonus Email Marketing Guide that shows you step-by-step how to send customize email campaigns to your customers. Organize your business the easy way with the Business Productivity Kit.
New! The Bento 3 Family Organizer
The fast, free and easy way to organize your busy family is all in one place! The Bento 3 Family Organizer makes organizing all the details of your busy family faster and easier. It includes a free 30-day trial of Bento 3 for Mac and 5 pre-designed, ready-to-use templates to organize bills, chores, meals, shopping lists, schedules and more. Download today!

FileMaker Forum - FileMaker Pro questions, answers and help

Extract list of values
2 Sep 2010 at 5:42am
Hi all, I don't know if this is the right subforum to post this question, but here goes. I have a database in which I...
Unique Custom Serial Number
2 Sep 2010 at 4:10am
I want to generate a unique student ID based on data entered about the student. The way I have it set up is the user adds...
School Database - Attendance Relationships and Join Tables Question
2 Sep 2010 at 3:37am
I am creating a database for a school. I have a table for 'classes'(1) and a table for 'students'(2). Both of these...
Finding birthdays in a month using a script
1 Sep 2010 at 2:11pm
Hey Guys! I'm having trouble finding the birthdays in a month using a script. The birth dates are stored in a field called...
Been asked to transfer data via JSON - eek
1 Sep 2010 at 7:40am
Hey guys, our company has been asked to transfer data on a daily basis via a JSON API which is outside my comfort zone and...
Multiple Views of the Same Table?
1 Sep 2010 at 7:17am
I have a table populated with records. Each record has field that can be either "yes" or "no". I would like to create two...
Updating existing records...sort of
1 Sep 2010 at 7:05am
I need help from the SQL gurus in the group. I have an existing local FM Pro data base and use FM Pro v 11 to import...
problems with importing data from runtime solution files
1 Sep 2010 at 4:16am
I've set up a stand-alone runtime solution for practitioners to collect patient data on, as part of a clinical audit....
Help with automated list without carriage enter
1 Sep 2010 at 2:08am
Heya, I am currently trying to learn Filemaker by messing around with it. I would be happy if someone could help me, or...
Export Data and adding dummy fields
31 Aug 2010 at 10:45am
Hi, I need to export some data from my DB to an outside source... Their templates needs to include about 300 fields (for...
Sort by day name
31 Aug 2010 at 10:36am
I'm trying to create a sort in order of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and I can never get it to work right. ...
Layout Design Interface
31 Aug 2010 at 6:18am
Hey all. An observation: As I began working with designing layouts, building boxes, using lines, etc, I realized this...
Field entry instructions
31 Aug 2010 at 12:03am
When entering data into a field, how do I get a dialog box to pop up giving instructions. e.g. In a percentage field, a...
Multiple functions in a Calculation
30 Aug 2010 at 3:46pm
How do I write a calculation so that it runs 1 function and then another? I want to have a field's auto-enter calculation...
Dynamic value List from Field, used as Global match field, match all, visuall...
30 Aug 2010 at 3:10pm
I have a value list, used as a categorical selection of a subset of child TO records. The value list is built dynamically...

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