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Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

My Book Tracker
Application: FileMaker Pro 7
Platform: Mac

Description

The process for creating the example Book Tracker database using FileMaker® Pro 7 is described below. The Completed Project Movie shows you what the example project might look like. The tutorial movies that follow demonstrate, step-by-step, how to construct the database. This project can be easily modified for collecting data for any subject, or extended to track books students read over the year. For a complete project description, including goals, objectives, and materials needed, see the Project Overview.
The Example Project
The Completed Project movie will show you what the completed example project looks like.
expand  Completed Project Movie
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. preview What the example project looks like 18292 1:19
Subscribers have access to download the resource materials for this project, which includes all example files, an assessment rubric, and information about adapting and extending the example project.
Creating Your Own Project
We'll begin by creating a new document in FileMaker Pro. The first task will be setting up the database, which involves defining the different data fields and setting some options for those fields. Then, we'll move into adding and editing records within the database. We'll be creating a custom layout and script that will allow us to easily print the book list. The last section will discuss how to export the records and import them into a master file.
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating a new file 18270 0:45
2. locked Adding Text fields 18271 0:58
3. locked Adding other data types 18272 1:29
4. locked Defining genre value lists 18273 1:08
5. locked Defining rating value list 18274 0:43
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Editing the field layout 18287 1:21
2. locked Positioning the field layout 18275 1:20
3. locked Adding a scroll bar 18288 0:35
4. locked Adding background colors and text 18276 2:12
5. locked Adding Value Lists 18277 1:07
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Adding a new record 18279 0:52
2. locked Adding data to the date field 18280 0:56
3. locked Adding a graphic to a container field 18281 1:26
4. locked Moving between different view modes 18278 0:47
5. locked Describing the Table View options 18289 0:56
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating a list report layout 18282 1:54
2. locked Editing the layout 18283 0:49
3. locked Adding a summary sub-section 18284 1:52
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Sorting your data 18285 0:45
2. locked Printing your list 18286 1:41
3. locked Exporting the data 18290 1:06
4. locked Exporting to FileMaker 18291 1:06
Tutorial series by Bill Bierden
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