Skip to Content
FileMaker® Pro 9 Bible
book

FileMaker® Pro 9 Bible

by Ray Cologon, Dennis R. Cohen
March 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
768 pages
21h 46m
English
Wiley
Content preview from FileMaker® Pro 9 Bible

Glossary

We assume throughout this book that you're familiar with your computer's operation as well as the user interface elements provided by your computer's operating system, be it Mac OS X or Windows (XP or Vista). What we don't assume is a background with Relational Database Management Systems and, in particular, with FileMaker Pro. As a result, we introduce a number of terms and concepts particular to data processing, databases, and FileMaker. This glossary collects those terms and named concepts, accompanied by definition and/or explanation.

access privileges

delineate the records, fields, layouts, value lists, and scripts an account (or group of accounts) can access and the operations the accounts users are able to perform.

account

An identifier, with associated password (Note: the password may be null, or the account may be configured for external authentication), allowing access to a database. Each account has associated access privileges (including extended privileges). See also external authentication and security.

active

~ Used to refer to a window, record, or layout object, active means currently having focus. For example, the active field is the one that is currently holding the cursor; the active window is the frontmost window.

ActiveX

A Windows scripting and programming protocol allowing external control of specified operations in FileMaker Pro, including running scripts and opening or closing files.

Admin

The default account name associated with a newly created database (initially, ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Special Edition Using FileMaker 8

Special Edition Using FileMaker 8

Steve Lane, Scott Love, Bob Bowers
FileMaker Pro 14: The Missing Manual

FileMaker Pro 14: The Missing Manual

Stuart Gripman, Susan Prosser
Domino Designer 6: A Developer’s Handbook

Domino Designer 6: A Developer’s Handbook

Tommi Tulisalo, Rune Carlsen, Andre Guirard, Pekka Hartikainen, Grant McCarthy, Gustavo Pecly

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780470177433Purchase book