Filemaker Pro Tutorials

In-House Tutorials

Here are some valuable instructional tools.

• Overview of Database Systems

  A lot of broad, sweeping statements are made and assumed concerning what database products are "best" or "better". This document defines all the classes of database system ranging from single user desktop to large scale corporate data system, and suggests ranges of application.
  

• FileMaker Pro "Tune Up"

  Many of the people I meet just don't "get it" about relational data. Here is a document I wrote years ago that expresses relational design in its simplest terms. This was originally a class hand out for our "Tune Up" class in 1997. This class covered relational data design, merge letters and merge fields in layout design, advanced scripting, and database speed optimization.