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The most popular web scripting language PHP* is now distributed and supported by the most efficient desktop database software company FileMaker Inc**. If you know FileMaker and you want to use your data on the web this tutorial shows you the "How-To" from a leading industry expert. The tutorial curriculum is developed as an A-to-Z package. You will be introduced to Custom Web Publishing using FileMaker Server 9, taught the essentials of PHP, and then discover the powerful methods of FileMaker's new API for PHP. Learn the solid foundations of custom web development with PHP and FileMaker Pro***. * FileMaker distributes PHP 5.x ** Requires a copy of FileMaker Server 9 *** Requires a copy of FileMaker Pro 9

PHP is the most widely used scripting language on the web. It's accessible, well documented, and easy to learn. When FileMaker Inc. released their API for PHP a new door was opened to build rich web applications that interact with FileMaker Pro databases. This VTC course will introduce you to the PHP language, FileMaker's API for PHP, and best practices for Custom Web Publishing with PHP.

FileMaker Instant Web Publishing is a resource for FileMaker Developers, corporate administrators and anyone else who wishes to learn more about how to web-enable their FileMaker database solution. This course explains what Instant Web Publishing is, how it compares with other ways of accessing FileMaker data, and which solutions are best suited for Instant Web Publishing. Users will learn how to quickly develop and test their FileMaker solution as well as how to setup their own computer to host their solution. Join VTC Author and Certified FileMaker Developer, David Wheelock, as he demystifies the FileMaker Instant Web Publishing process.

FileMaker Pro is powerful enough to handle most database jobs, yet easy enough to create simple solutions in minutes. This practical "how to" course by FileMaker expert John Mark Osborne starts from advanced level and uses a single invoicing example to demonstrate FileMaker Pro 7, 8, 8.5, 9 and 10 features and techniques including the Ultimate Find, saving a found set of records for future retrieval, saving find criteria for future use, text parsing to create features, making new requests easier for users, parsing web form generated emails, five methods for deleting duplicates, recursive phone filter, creating preferences in a single-user and multi-user scenario, web-like back and forward buttons, conditional buttons, custom form letters, changing text attributes with scripts, script triggers and many more techniques with an emphasis on adaptive scripting and calculations. Examples of the invoice file are provided at every stage of the creation process so the user can easily review one section without starting from the beginning.

FileMaker Pro is powerful enough to handle most database jobs yet easy enough to create simple solutions in minutes. This practical, 15-hour "how to" course by FileMaker expert John Mark Osborne starts from beginner level and uses a single invoicing example to demonstrate all the features in FileMaker Pro 7, 8, 8.5, 9 and 10 including field creation, finding, sorting, layout mode, container fields, auto-entry, validation, printing, scripts, calculations, importing, exporting, interface design and new FIleMaker Pro 10 features. Examples of the invoice file are provided at every stage of the creation process so the user can easily review one section without starting from the beginning.

FileMaker Pro is powerful enough to handle most database jobs yet easy enough to create simple solutions in minutes. This practical "how to" three-course series by FileMaker expert John Mark Osborne starts from absolute beginner level and concludes with detailed instruction on the most advanced FileMaker tips, tricks, and techniques. The course series uses a single invoicing example to demonstrate all the features in FileMaker Pro 7, 8, 8.5, 9 and 10. Examples of the invoice file are provided at every stage of the creation process so the user can easily review one section without starting from the beginning.

FileMaker Pro is powerful enough to handle most database jobs yet easy enough to create simple solutions in minutes. This practical "how to" course by FileMaker expert John Mark Osborne starts from intermediate level and uses a single invoicing example to demonstrate FileMaker Pro 7, 8, 8.5, 9 and 10 features and techniques including interface design, relational database design, relationship operators, multiple predicates, table occurrences, portal filters, security, scripts, calculations, FileMaker Pro Advanced, multi-user solutions, record locking, multi-keys, deleting duplicate records and new FileMaker Pro 10 features. Examples of the invoice file are provided at every stage of the creation process so the user can easily review one section without starting from the beginning.

FileMaker Pro is powerful enough to handle most database jobs yet easy enough to create simple solutions in minutes. This practical "how to" course by FileMaker expert John Mark Osborne, starts from advanced level and uses a single invoicing example to demonstrate FileMaker Pro 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 10 and 11 features and techniques including the Ultimate Find, saving a found set of records for future retrieval, saving find criteria for future use, text parsing to create features, making new requests easier for users, parsing web form generated emails, five methods for deleting duplicates, recursive phone filter, creating preferences in a single-user and multi-user scenario, web-like back and forward buttons, conditional buttons, custom form letters, changing text attributes with scripts, script triggers and many more techniques with an emphasis on adaptive scripting and calculations. Examples of the invoice file are provided at every stage of the creation process so the user can easily review one section without starting from the beginning.

FileMaker Pro is powerful enough to handle most database jobs yet easy enough to create simple solutions in minutes. This practical "how to" course by FileMaker expert John Mark Osborne, starts from beginner level and uses a single invoicing example to demonstrate all the features in FileMaker Pro 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 10 and 11 including field creation, finding, sorting, layout mode, container fields, auto-entry, validation, printing, scripts, calculations, importing, exporting, interface design and new FIleMaker Pro 11 features including charting, snapshot links and the inspector. Examples of the invoice file are provided at every stage of the creation process so the user can easily review one section without starting from the beginning.

FileMaker Pro is powerful enough to handle most database jobs yet easy enough to create simple solutions in minutes. This practical "how to" three-course series by FileMaker expert John Mark Osborne starts from absolute beginner level and concludes with detailed instruction on the most advanced FileMaker tips, tricks, and techniques. The course series uses a single invoicing example to demonstrate all the features in FileMaker Pro 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 10 and 11. Examples of the invoice file are provided at every stage of the creation process so the user can easily review one section without starting from the beginning.

