Special Edition Using FileMaker 8

Chapter 19. Importing Data into FileMaker Pro

In this chapter

• Working with External Data 568

• Flat-File Data Sources 568

• Importing Multiple Files from a Folder 578

• Importing Photos from a Digital Camera 582

• Importing from an ODBC Data Source 584

• Importing from an XML Data Source 590

• Using a Script to Import Data 590

• Troubleshooting 591

• FileMaker Extra: Exploiting the FileMaker-to-FileMaker Import 592

Working with External Data

FileMaker Pro can work with data from a variety of other sources. It’s possible to bring data directly into FileMaker from a number of different flat-file formats, as well as from remote databases and XML-based data sources. In many cases, you can open data files from other applications simply by dropping them onto the FileMaker Pro ...