Learn FileMaker Pro 8.5

By Jonathan Stars

Learn FileMaker? Pro 8.5 presents the fundamentals of the award-winning FileMaker Pro database program and distills the complexity of the program into a logical hands-on approach for both beginners... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159822025X
• ISBN13: 9781598220254
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Wordware Publishing
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

excellent for beginners

living far away from any training possibilities and having no clue about databases or filemaker, I got FileMaker Pro 9 and this book. Following all instructions right through gave me a very good basis and understanding. Together with FileMaker Pro Business Applications: For versions 8 and 8.5 and FileMaker Pro 9 Bible I attempted the design of a business solution for my small business and am very happy with the result. Got there without training and all is explained very well. I found this book very helpful.

It's okay

It contain good info for people who want to use this software from fresh to build customers database. It didn't mention much about if people want to import the database from Excel spread sheet and to build a rational database from all different "tables" from the pre-set ones are very complicated. At least not as easy as what it's described in the text that "no programming skills" required.

Great way to learn Filemaker

This book is personably written and a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of Filmaker. The chapters are well laid out and the example scripts, layout and tables are relevant. There is a great deal of explanation which is relevant, and much better than a reference book as it ties in a lot of ideas together. I prefered it to the Filemaker bible 8.5 which I bought at the same time. The only disadvantage I found is that one had to follow the whole chapeter to understand the examples, and often they drew on the previous chapeters to make sense. Well worth it!