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Tech Integration Project
Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

My Book Tracker
Application: FileMaker Pro 7
Platform: PC

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 19583 1:17
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 19561 0:39
2. locked Adding Text fields 19562 1:06
3. locked Adding other data types 19563 1:29
4. locked Defining genre value lists 19564 1:08
5. locked Defining rating value list 19565 0:46
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Editing the field layout 19566 2:02
2. locked Positioning the field layout 19567 1:08
3. locked Adding a scroll bar 19568 0:49
4. locked Adding background colors and text 19569 2:12
5. locked Adding Value Lists 19570 1:18
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Adding a new record 19571 1:00
2. locked Adding data to the date field 19572 0:56
3. locked Adding a graphic to a container field 19573 1:35
4. locked Moving between different view modes 19574 0:47
5. locked Describing the Table View options 19575 0:56
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Creating a list report layout 19576 2:28
2. locked Editing the layout 19577 0:57
3. locked Adding a summary sub-section 19578 1:36
Tutorial Number Availability Status Tutorial Title Key # Length
1. locked Sorting your data 19579 0:56
2. locked Printing your list 19580 2:14
3. locked Exporting the data 19581 1:21
4. locked Exporting to FileMaker 19582 1:06
Tutorial series by Bill Bierden
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