FileMaker Pro 8: The Missing Manual

FileMaker 8 Functions and Scripts Desk Reference

Special Edition Using FileMaker 8 (Special Edition Using)

Databases

Creating a Database in FileMaker Pro 8 : Visual QuickProject Guide (Visual Quickproject Series)

Format: Paperback
Author: Steve Schwartz
ReleaseDate: 28 November, 2005
Publisher: Peachpit Press
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Shows how to create the relational files and the portals. Easy to follow, excellent examples.
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Excellent starter for first time users
It gets you started immediately in the development of a database (investment minder) covering the main features of the program. This is an excellent, concise, self paced beginners tutorial on Filemaker 8. It is not a detailed tutorial covering all the aspects of Filemaker 8. Still you will come away with a good enough understanding of the program's basics to create a database of your own design. My only real criticism of the book is that I would have liked to have had more illustrations showing what instructions should actually look like once entered on the computer screen. This is especially the case in the section dealing with scripts. However this is a minor issue in an otherwise excellent book. I would highly recommend the book to anyone wanting to learn the basics of Filemaker 8.