About This Course
This course on FileMaker development is designed for beginners but with a goal of designing a complete contact management or CRM solution. Sections include creating fields, designing an interface, performing finds, creating a notes field, working with popovers, automating email and web browser communication, mass emailing, eliminating duplicates, birthday and to-do reminders, phone formatting and call logs.
After completing this tutorial, students will not only have created a complete solution but be able to advance to intermediate tutorials. Completed example FileMaker files are included at each stage of the development in order to enhance the learning experience.
What are the requirements?
- Students can be completely new to FileMaker or even have a little knowledge
- A working copy of FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced is required
- A Macintosh or Windows computer is required
What will I learn?
- Create Fields
- Learn Naming Conventions
- Find Records
- Create New Requests
- Omit Records
- Design an Interface
- Use Themes
- Communicate with External Programs
- Create Buttons
- Automate with Scripts
- Create Popovers
- Define Calculation Formulas
- Create Relationships
- Create Portals
- Create Tab Controls
Who is the target audience?
- This FileMaker tutorial is designed for beginners with the intent of developing their own solution
- The course will cover the basics in respect to developing a solution and move into some intermediate topics
Our Promise to You
By the end of this course, you will have learned.
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Course Curriculum
Section 1 - Introduction | |||
The Goal | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 2 - Creating Fields | |||
The Field Picker | 00:00:00 | ||
Housekeeping Fields | 00:00:00 | ||
Importing Data | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 3 - Interface Design | |||
Themes | 00:00:00 | ||
Parts | 00:00:00 | ||
List View | 00:00:00 | ||
Fixing The Fonts | 00:00:00 | ||
Arranging Fields | 00:00:00 | ||
Window Size | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 4 - Finding Records | |||
Basic Finds | 00:00:00 | ||
AND Vs OR Finds | 00:00:00 | ||
Omits | 00:00:00 | ||
Date Ranges | 00:00:00 | ||
Find Empty | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 5 - Notes | |||
Field Control | 00:00:00 | ||
Popovers | 00:00:00 | ||
Scroll Bars | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 6 - Communication With Other Applications | |||
Emailing | 00:00:00 | ||
Web Browser | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 7 - Mass Email | |||
Global Fields | 00:00:00 | ||
Help Text | 00:00:00 | ||
The Send Button | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 8 - Birthdays | |||
Find By Month | 00:00:00 | ||
Automate Birthday Reminders | 00:00:00 | ||
Age Calculation | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 9 - Finding Duplicates | |||
Defining A Duplicate | 00:00:00 | ||
Automating The Find | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 10 - Phone Formatting | |||
Filter Function | 00:00:00 | ||
Concatenation | 00:00:00 | ||
Auto-Enter | 00:00:00 | ||
Let Function | 00:00:00 | ||
Conditional Statements | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 11 - Call Log | |||
Adding A Table | 00:00:00 | ||
The Relationship | 00:00:00 | ||
The Portal | 00:00:00 | ||
Section 12 - To-Dos | |||
Duplicate Table And Relationship | 00:00:00 | ||
Configure The Portal | 00:00:00 | ||
Checkbox | 00:00:00 | ||
Reminder Script | 00:00:00 | ||
Sort The Relationship | 00:00:00 |