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01_543474 ffirs.qxd 8/18/04 3:01 PM Page iii FileMaker® Pro 7 Bible Steven A. Schwartz Dennis R. Cohen 01_543474 ffirs.qxd 8/18/04 3:01 PM Page ii 01_543474 ffirs.qxd 8/18/04 3:01 PM Page i FileMaker® Pro 7 Bible 01_543474 ffirs.qxd 8/18/04 3:01 PM Page ii 01_543474 ffirs.qxd 8/18/04 3:01 PM Page iii FileMaker® Pro 7 Bible Steven A. Schwartz Dennis R. Cohen 01_543474 ffirs.qxd 8/18/04 3:01 PM Page iv FileMaker®Pro 7 Bible Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2004 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 0-7645-4347-4 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1B/QY/QZ/QU/IN No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 750-4744. 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Library of Congress Control No.: 2004110585 Trademarks:Wiley and the Wiley and the Wiley logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley and Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates. FileMaker is a registered trademark of Claris Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc. is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. is a trademark of Wiley Publishing, Inc. 01_543474 ffirs.qxd 8/18/04 3:01 PM Page v About the Authors Dennis R. Cohenhas been developing software and writing about it since the late 1970s. Starting in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Deep Space Network (DSN), through stints at Ashton-Tate, Claris, and Aladdin Systems, he was involved in creat- ing and maintaining such packages as the DSN Station Scheduling System, dBASE III, dBASE Mac, FileMaker, ClarisWorks, Claris Resolve, and many others. During this time, Dennis wrote numerous articles appearing in a variety of differ- ent publications, including Personal Computing,Macintosh Today,Macworld,and MacTutor.The author (or co-author) of over a dozen books, including AppleWorks 6 Bible, AppleWorks 6 For Dummies, Mac OS X Bible, iLife Bible, Teach Yourself Visually iLife ’04(all Wiley), and Mac Digital Photography (Sybex), Dennis has also been the technical editor for over 100 titles, including all previous editions of FileMaker Pro Bible. Dennis resides in Sunnyvale, California, with his best friend — a Boston terrier named Spenser. You can find out more about him at his Web site at http:// homepage.mac.com/drcohen. In 1978, Dr. Steven Schwartzbought his first microcomputer, a new Apple II+. Determined to find a way to make money with it, he began writing software reviews, BASIC programs, and user tips for Nibblemagazine. Shortly thereafter, he was made a contributing editor. Over the past 20 years, Steve has written hundreds of articles for more than a dozen computer magazines. He currently writes for Macworldmagazine. He was also a founding editor of Software Digestas well as a business editor for MACazine.From 1985 to 1990, he was the director of technical services for Funk Software. Steve is the author of more than 40 books, including all editions of Macworld ClarisWorks/AppleWorks Bible and the FileMaker Pro Bible(Wiley); Running Microsoft Office 2001(Microsoft Press); Visual QuickStart Guide for Internet Explorer 5 for Windows, Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh, Entourage 2001 for Macintosh, CorelDraw 10 for Windows,and Office v.X for Macintosh(Peachpit Press); and dozens of popu- lar game strategy guides. Steve has a Ph.D. in psychology and presently lives in the fictional town of Lizard Spit, Arizona, where he writes books and complains about the heat. His official Web site is www.siliconwasteland.com. 01_543474 ffirs.qxd 8/18/04 3:01 PM Page vi Credits Acquisitions Editor Project Coordinator Terri Varveris Erin Smith Project Editor Graphics and Production Specialists Paul Levesque Carrie A. Foster Lauren Goddard Technical Editor Joyce Haughey Michael E. Cohen Denny Hager Jennifer Heleine Senior Copy Editor Lynsey Osborn Teresa Artman Quality Control Technician Charles Spencer Brian H. Walls Proofreading and Indexing TECHBOOKS Production Services 01_543474 ffirs.qxd 8/18/04 3:01 PM Page vii To my friends and family: in particular, Spenser —DRC To my family —SAS
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