Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 840 pages
- Published by: No Starch Press
- Edition: 1st Edition July 15, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1886411816
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1886411814
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.5 x 1.7 inches
- Weighs: 3 pounds
Reader Reviews
This is a very good book on FileMaker Pro 6. However, with the release of FileMaker 7, I would consider this book obsolete. Too many things change in FileMaker 7, that many of the techniques and tricks explained here are either unnecessary, or actually bad. But if you're stuck using FileMaker 6 (and many projects will remain on FileMaker 6 for years to come), this is a very good way to learn how to best use the product. The examples that come on the CD are also very good, with nice designs that you can easily reuse. One thing missing from the book, which would have taken it to a "5" rating, is discussion of how to connect your FileMaker application to the web. Just one chapter covering the built-in Web Companion (and the CDML language it uses) seems obligatory, and yet missing. But web-enabling FileMaker is a large topic, large enough for its own book (Advanced FileMaker Pro 6 Web Development, by Bob Bowers and Steve Lane, a great companion to The Book of FileMaker), so I can't dock it more than a point for skipping past this topic.
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