BOOKS
Posted on September 19th, 2007 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
“FileMaker Pro 9: The Missing Manual” by Susan Prosser and Geoff Coffey; $35 from MissingManuals.com.
FileMaker Pro is an insanely popular database program, not least because it works the same on either Windows or Mac machines. It’s powerful enough to manage a substantial business or a small country.
It is full-featured and relatively easy to use. But, like any large program, there are complexities and depths that few users ever plumb. Manuals that come with
large programs are usually of little help, which is why O’Reilly Press started its “Missing Manual” series. Each chapter in this book contains an example of a database designed for a particular purpose and then a tutorial on how to build it. (Does Lichtenstein know about this?)
