FileMaker 12 In Depth


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FileMaker® 12 In Depth Do more in less time! FileMaker 12 In Depth is the most comprehensive, coherent, and practical guide to creating professional-quality solutions with the newest versions of FileMaker! Drawing on his unsurpassed real-world experience as a FileMaker user, consultant, and developer, Jesse Feiler helps you gain practical mastery of today’s newest, most advanced FileMaker tools and features. • Use themes to build solutions for FileMaker Pro on Windows and OS X, FileMaker Go on iOS, and Instant Web Publishing • Get the most out of new container field technology • Quickly become a FileMaker 12 power user • Make the most of FileMaker fields, tables, layouts, and parts • Iteratively design reliable, high-performance FileMaker relational databases • Work with relationships, including self-joins and cross-product relationships • Write calculation formulas and use functions • Use event-driven scripts to make databases more interactive • Build clear and usable reports, publish them, and incorporate them into workflows • Secure applications with user accounts, privileges, file-level access, network security, and authentication • Use FileMaker’s Web Viewer to access live web-based data • Convert systems from older versions of FileMaker, and troubleshoot successfully • Share, exchange, export, and publish data via SQL and XML • Instantly publish databases on the web, and use advanced Custom Web Publishing techniques • Trigger automated behaviors whenever specific events occur • Extend FileMaker’s functionality with plug-ins • Set up, configure, tune, and secure FileMaker Server All In Depth books offer • Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions • Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own • Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Learning, reference, problem-solving... the only FileMaker 12 book you need!




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QuickBooks 2014 In Depth


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Do more in less time! Whether you’re an entrepreneur, accountant, or bookkeeper, this comprehensive guide will help you get the most out of QuickBooks 2014: more productivity, more business knowledge, and more value! Drawing on her unsurpassed QuickBooks consulting and accounting experience, Laura Madeira delivers quickstart instructions plus step-by-step guides and practical checklists for taking total control over business finances. With Quickbooks and this book at your disposal, you’ll improve everything from planning to reporting and payroll to invoicing. Create a new QuickBooks file; convert from other software; and set up users, permissions, and preferences Expanded! Learn how to use tools specific to your version of QuickBooks, including QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Understand QuickBooks lists from the chart of accounts, items, classes, and more Set up and manage inventory, vendors, customers, and payroll Track product or service sales and manage the profitability of your company Efficiently use Bank Feeds to download bank and credit card transactions Master all the essentials of financial reporting; customize and memorize reports Review the accuracy of your data, with step-by-step instructions accompanied by checklists Share QuickBooks data with your accountant or client at tax time Use QuickBooks 2014’s tools for managing loans, planning and preparing for year-end, and syncing with Outlook contacts Efficiently review and correct client data errors, from misclassified transactions to incorrect beginning balances Prepare customized reports and documents using MS Excel and Word integration Master powerful shortcuts for working more efficiently and saving precious time Learn how to reliably back up your data, troubleshoot database errors, and manage QuickBooks data integrity All In Depth books offer Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Learning, reference, problem-solving...the only QuickBooks 2014 book you need! Register your book at quepublishing.com/register




FileMaker Pro 12: The Missing Manual


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You don’t have to be a techie to use FileMaker Pro 12, but you do need to know what you’re doing. With this crystal-clear guide, you’ll learn how to create a powerful database that lets you do almost anything with your data. Whether you’re running a business, printing a catalog, or planning a wedding, you’ll learn how to customize your database and put it to work. The important stuff you need to know: Get started. Tour FileMaker Pro’s features and create your first database in minutes. Catalog your data. View, sort, and shape information in dozens of ways. Create professional documents. Publish reports, invoices, and other documents with ease. Harness processing power. Use calculations and scripts to crunch numbers, search text, and automate tasks. Add visual power and clarity. Create colorful charts to illustrate and summarize your data. Think like a developer. Dive into the high-level features of FileMaker Pro Advanced.




FileMaker Pro 10 In Depth


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Advice and techniques that you need to get the job done. Looking for ways to streamline your work so that you can focus on maximizing your time? In Depth provides specific, tested, and proven solutions to the problems you run into every day—things other books ignore or oversimplify. This is the one book that you can rely on to answer all the questions you have now and will have in the future. In Depth offers: Comprehensive coverage, with detailed solutions Breakthrough techniques and shortcuts that are unavailable elsewhere Practical, real-world examples with nothing glossed over or left out Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Quick information via sidebars, tips, reminders, notes, and warnings In Depth is the only tool you need to get more done in less time! CATEGORY: Databases COVERS: FileMaker® Pro




Learning ICloud Data Management


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As apps rapidly move into business and the cloud, iOS and OS X developers need new data management techniques. This book shows you how to use Apple s latest APIs and technologies to structure and synchronize all forms of data. Feiler helps you understand the issues, implement efficient solutions, and deliver highly usable apps that seamlessly synchronize during the Round Trip between iOS and OS X and back again. This guide walks you through integrating several key Apple data management technologies, including the Address Book and Calendar APIs. This book shows you how to structure data so it s easy to build great Cocoa and Cocoa Touch user interfaces and to quickly incorporate reliable iCloud syncing. Step by step, you ll discover how to blend Apple s standard application data structures with your own user data to create a feature-rich and fully syncable environment.




FileMaker Pro 14: The Missing Manual


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You don’t need a technical background to build powerful databases with FileMaker Pro 14. This crystal-clear, objective guide shows you how to create a database that lets you do almost anything with your data so you can quickly achieve your goals. Whether you’re creating catalogs, managing inventory and billing, or planning a wedding, you’ll learn how to customize your database to run on a PC, Mac, web browser, or iOS device. The important stuff you need to know: Dive into relational data. Solve problems quickly by connecting and combining data from different tables. Create professional documents. Publish reports, charts, invoices, catalogs, and other documents with ease. Access data anywhere. Use FileMaker Go on your iPad or iPhone—or share data on the Web. Harness processing power. Use new calculation and scripting tools to crunch numbers, search text, and automate tasks. Run your database on a secure server. Learn the high-level features of FileMaker Pro Advanced. Keep your data safe. Set privileges and allow data sharing with FileMaker’s streamlined security features.




FileMaker Pro 10 Bible


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FileMaker Pro 10 Bible provides information that grows with you no matter what your level when you start. Topics range from the general (how databases fit into real life and your business needs; comparisons with other database development tools; a broad discussion of integration with existing systems and software) through the building-blocks of FileMaker solutions, and on up to state-of-the-art advice on concepts of optimization, modularization, innovative and sophisticated user-interface design, dynamic elements, logic, cutting-edge calculations, publishing your database to the Web, and integrating tightly with SQL databases via "ESS". The book also includes the special developer tools available in FileMaker Pro Advanced, and covers topics too oft skipped over in other books on the market -- backup how-to's and strategies, must-read information about good database husbandry and file recovery, and so on. Much of the information in the book is documented nowhere else. This is the one must-have FileMaker book! Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.




FileMaker Pro Design and Scripting For Dummies


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Get the scoop on designing databases for Mac and Windows Use FileMaker Pro design and scripting to quickly, easily build databases that solve real problems FileMaker Pro has grown up, and it's better than ever! This easy-to-use guide shows you how to design a great FileMaker application, build a database that works, add the functionality you need, populate your database, and venture into programming with ScriptMaker. You'll find out how to share and protect your database, too. Discover how to * Build a layout that works * Create custom triggers and calculated fields * Generate reports automatically * Manage security * Publish your database on the Web * Embed pictures, sound, and video




Learn FileMaker Pro 10


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Learn FileMaker® Pro 10 provides an excellent reference to FileMaker Inc.’s award-winning database program for both beginners and advanced developers. From converting files created with previous versions of FileMaker Pro and sharing data on the web to creating reports and sorting data, this book offers a hands-on approach to getting the most out of your FileMaker Pro databases. Learn how to use the completely redesigned Status area, now known as the Status toolbar; send e-mail right from FileMaker with the SMTP-based Send Mail option; build reports quickly and easily with the Saved Finds feature; automate your database with scripts and activate those scripts with the new script trigger feature; integrate your Bento data into your FileMaker files; work with the enhanced Web viewer.