FileMaker Pro 5/5.5 Advanced for Windows and Macintosh Visual QuickPro Guide

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Summary: limited apllication, disappointing
Review: After year's of frustration with MS-Access, culminating with OfficeXP, I switched to FileMaker Pro. The software user manual and tutorial are first class (MicroSoft ought to try it) but, seeing prior experience with Access, I hoped to get additional insights from this book. Frankly, I didn't. It seems cookbook, poorly organized, dully written and of little use without a practice CD-rom. Worse, the latest FileMaker Pro 5.5 updates were tacked onto the end -- making this a poorly organized reference text. Disappointing!

Rating:
Summary: Not a reference book
Review: I had a hard time finding the specific answers I was looking for. For example, I spent hours trying to figure out why "View as List" wasn't working using Instant Web Publishing. All I needed was someplace that said "You can't do the following under IWP" followed by a specific list. Nowhere to be found. And the enhancements to web publishing in version 5.5 were tacked onto the end of the book, rather than being integrated into the chapter on web publishing. In fairness, I did find many of it's step-by-step instructions useful, but I expected more.

Rating:
Summary: Not a reference book
Review: I had a hard time finding the specific answers I was looking for. For example, I spent hours trying to figure out why "View as List" wasn't working using Instant Web Publishing. All I needed was someplace that said "You can't do the following under IWP" followed by a specific list. Nowhere to be found. And the enhancements to web publishing in version 5.5 were tacked onto the end of the book, rather than being integrated into the chapter on web publishing. In fairness, I did find many of it's step-by-step instructions useful, but I expected more.

Rating:
Summary: Not too bad
Review: Not too bad for those with about 1 year FMPro experience. This book is not a natural follow-on to the basic FMPro quickstart book, and the examples seem to be wrong in several places.
However, I did pick up several useful bits of info, and would recommend it as a rainy day read.

Rating:
Summary: Not too bad
Review: Not too bad for those with about 1 year FMPro experience. This book is not a natural follow-on to the basic FMPro quickstart book, and the examples seem to be wrong in several places.
However, I did pick up several useful bits of info, and would recommend it as a rainy day read.