OK! Let me date myself. I started developing on Nantucket Clipper Summer 87.

Any one remember that? I worked through CA-Clipper 5.3 on into Visual FoxPro. I then left computers for a while and now want to start again. I evaluated several software packages and decided to purchase FileMaker Pro 7.0 Developer. I have had it for a couple of weeks. I am enjoying the adventure...

Now my question, I have been reading the documents, experimenting etc. but have not found any serious tutorials or references to script writing. Does anyone want to recommend a good tutorial, reference or other training that I might look at?

Script writing seems to be the real power in FileMaker and I look forward to learning it.

Thanks to all for any suggestions...

Now back to your regular scheduled program.

Mel

Glad to have you aboard Mel!

I have liked and have used filemaker pro the "bible", but yet, my last book was for filemaker pro 4, i believe they have other versions, but i would think that scripting is scripting without too many changes from version 5 to 7, although they made a major change with the "GET" commands, anyway, i'm rambling.

check out anything called the bible regardin filemaker, it explains a lot of things and not just scripting, but it is a very useful tool.

Again, hope you don't give up on FM, I've used it since FM4 and won't use anything else.

Thanks

Tina Marie

While it is also a bit dated, the book Scriptology...is all about Filemaker scripting...albeit v3 scripting. But scripting has not really changed that much and the concepts are all the same anyways. You may be able to find this used on Amazon.com.

Scriptology is scarcer than software without bugs. I saw a copy on Ebay for $280.00 for just the book. 'Using Filemaker Pro 5' by Coulombre and Price is a pretty good book, altho I agree with the Captain: Scriptology is the best for learning about scripting.

Steve