Filemaker Pro 9 (87)

Question 1

This set entered on 5-25-14
5.23.14.2

1. p 385. You can have a database that pulls information from tables in OTHER databases. What reasons would you have to divide your system across multiple files?

Answer 1

a. You can create a database for each kind of INTERFACE you need, such as SALES ENTRY and SALES REPORTING
b. You have multiple database needs, such as SALES, MARKETING, ENGINEERING, etc
c. when you can use EXTERNAL Table Occurrences, you have a VERY FLEXIBLE DESIGN METAPHOR.

Question 2

2. What are INTERFACE ELEMENTS?

Answer 2

a. Layouts
b. Scripts
c . Value Lists etc.

Question 3

3. What are DATA ELEMENTS?

Answer 3

a. Tables

b. Fields

Question 4

4. Explain the statement that WHEN YOU USE EXTERNAL TABLE OCCURRENCES, YOU HAVE A VERY FLEXIBLE DESIGN METAPHOR.

Answer 4

A database, or FILE, can hold INTERFACE ELEMENTS or DATA ELEMENTS, or BOTH.

Question 5

5. What is a METAPHOR?

Answer 5

It is a FIGURE OF SPEECH that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object.

Question 6

6. What is an INTERFACE METAPHOR?

Answer 6

It is a set of user interface visuals, actions and procedures that exploit specific knowledge that users already have of other domains, so the user can have instantaneous knowledge about how to interact with the user interface.

Question 7

7. You can construct the database in almost any way you see fit:

Answer 7

a. One file for each table
b. ALL tables in one file
c. Tables in LOGICAL GROUPINGS
d. ALL THE INTERFACE in one database, etc.

Question 8

8. On what page are the instructions for ADDING A TABLE OCCURRENCE FROM ANOTHER FILE?

Answer 8

p. 382