Learn FileMaker Pro 10

Chapter 3

Creating Your First Database

Introduction

Now that you have some idea of how to get around in FileMaker Pro, we can move to the next step: creating a database file from scratch. You’ll find that it really isn’t that difficult. And you’ll learn some new tools and tricks along the way that will make creating a more complex system of interrelated tables a lot easier than you might imagine.

In this chapter, you’ll learn about:

Planning the database

Creating and adding fields of various types

Cleaning up your layouts with FileMaker’s layout ...