Scripting and Calculations - Advanced FileMaker Pro II

Two days of instructor-led, hands-on training

Focus

In Scripting and Calculations - Advanced FileMaker Pro II, you’ll learn how to build more robust, feature-rich databases with complex calculations and powerful scripted automation. We’ll cover advanced uses of FileMaker Pro’s built-in calculation functions; making use of loops, relationships, variables, parameters and results with scripts; and creating powerful user interfaces.  Plus, our expert developer-instructors will share tips and techniques that will shave hours off your development time.

The Support Group is celebrating our 25th year in business by offering significant discounts on many of our classes.  Our Advanced classes, Relational Database Design and Scripting & Calculations are each $499, a savings of nearly $300 per class. These special prices are good through December 31, 2010.

Benefits

By the end of these classes, you’ll be able to:

• Understand the impact of relational context on calculations
• Simplify tricky calculation formulas with functions
• Use portals and multiple windows for navigation and data entry
• Make use of script parameters, variables, and results to write powerful modular scripts
• Create multiple PDF documents with one script

Who should take this class

You should attend this class if you have already been using FileMaker Pro and you now want to create more sophisticated and complex solutions, typically used by others in your organization.

This class is ideal for students who have previously attended our Relational Database Design - Advanced FileMaker Pro I training, or have equivalent experience working with fields, layouts, calculations and scripts.

Agenda

• Parsing text
• Working with dates
• Logical functions
• Analyzing related values
• Conditional formatting
• Auto-enter calculations
• Navigation portals
• Scripted searches
• Handling errors
• Script parameters, variables, and results
• Working with multiple windows
• Script logic - Loops and Ifs
• Printing, saving, and emailing reports

Pricing

25th Anniversary pricing for our two-day Scripting and Calculations class, regularly $795, is just $499. Register online now.