Book excerpt: FileMaker® 12 In Depth Do more in less time! FileMaker 12 In Depth is the most comprehensive, coherent, and practical guide to creating professional-quality solutions with the newest versions of FileMaker! Drawing on his unsurpassed real-world experience as a FileMaker user, consultant, and developer, Jesse Feiler helps you gain practical mastery of today’s newest, most advanced FileMaker tools and features. • Use themes to build solutions for FileMaker Pro on Windows and OS X, FileMaker Go on iOS, and Instant Web Publishing • Get the most out of new container field technology • Quickly become a FileMaker 12 power user • Make the most of FileMaker fields, tables, layouts, and parts • Iteratively design reliable, high-performance FileMaker relational databases • Work with relationships, including self-joins and cross-product relationships • Write calculation formulas and use functions • Use event-driven scripts to make databases more interactive • Build clear and usable reports, publish them, and incorporate them into workflows • Secure applications with user accounts, privileges, file-level access, network security, and authentication • Use FileMaker’s Web Viewer to access live web-based data • Convert systems from older versions of FileMaker, and troubleshoot successfully • Share, exchange, export, and publish data via SQL and XML • Instantly publish databases on the web, and use advanced Custom Web Publishing techniques • Trigger automated behaviors whenever specific events occur • Extend FileMaker’s functionality with plug-ins • Set up, configure, tune, and secure FileMaker Server All In Depth books offer • Comprehensive coverage with detailed solutions • Troubleshooting help for tough problems you can’t fix on your own • Outstanding authors recognized worldwide for their expertise and teaching style Learning, reference, problem-solving... the only FileMaker 12 book you need!