Chris Moyer and Bob Bowers, of Chris Moyer Consulting, a FileMaker consulting and training firm, have released a new book, “Advanced FileMaker Pro 5.5 Techniques for Developers” (ISBN: 1-55622-859-7), with Wordware Publishing. It’s the first of their three upcoming titles in the Wordware Developer’s Library.
Targeted at FileMaker Pro users, the US$59.95 book covers topics such as relational theory, data modeling, security, audit trails, recursive relationships, advanced portal tricks and script control techniques. The second book in the series, “Advanced FileMaker Pro Web Development” (ISBN: 1-55622-860-0), will cover all aspects of Web publishing with FileMaker Pro, including sections on FileMaker Dynamic Markup Language, PHP and Lasso (middleware solutions that tie dynamic data in FileMaker to the Web), integration with Dreamweaver MX, implementing a RAIC, Java, JavaScript, XML and conducting secure web transactions with SSL.
The third book, “Advanced FileMaker Integrated Applications” (ISBN: 1-55622-861-9), will cover a variety of methods for integrating FileMaker with other technologies, including ODBC, Visual Basic, AppleScript, Microsoft Terminal Server, and other Macromedia technologies including Macromedia Flash MX.
Moyer was the Midwest sales engineer and technical resource in Chicago for Claris Corp. (which later became FileMaker Inc.) from 1991 to 1994. Moyer is the author of “FileMaker Pro: Special Edition Using FileMaker Pro 3 for Macintosh,” published by Que in 1996. He and Bowers have co-authored the “Ask Advisor” column for FileMaker Advisor magazine, where they also act as technical and contributing editors.
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