Cris Ippolite is the president and founder of iSolutions, Inc., a Santa Monica-based custom software and Web design firm. Cris is a FileMaker 7 and FileMaker 8 Certified Developer as well as an Authorized FileMaker Professional Trainer and one of 25 partner-level FileMaker Solution Alliance members in the world. He is also a regular speaker at several technology conferences, including Flashforward, FileMaker Developer Conference, and MacWorld. Visit him on the Web at www.isolutions-inc.com

Bento is a personal database for Mac OS X Leopard that provides an organizational hub for anything a person might want to collect, track, or connect. Bento is designed for those with no previous database experience, and having database expert Cris Ippolite as a guide makes it easier to get the most from this unique program. In Bento Essential Training, Cris introduces key database concepts as they relate to Bento, including collections, records, forms, and fields. He demonstrates how a little planning and setup results in a more useful collection of information. Cris also explains how to link Bento to other Mac applications, like Address Book and iCal; how to design custom templates; and how to follow best practices for backing up and restoring data. Example files accompany the course.

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$ 52.95

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02NYL729

2.2 Hrs
1 DVD

In FileMaker 9.0 Beyond the Basics, Certified Developer and Authorized Trainer Cris Ippolite offers comprehensive training in how to use FileMaker 9.0 to its full potential. He also teaches numerous hands-on techniques for publishing FileMaker 9.0 databases to networks and the web. The tutorials cover relationship types, external data sources, the new FileMaker Server 9, functions, objects, simple and complex reports, and even the new PHP Site Assistant. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

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02NYL630

8.7 Hrs
2 CD's

FileMaker Pro has been around almost as long as personal computers. Now in its mid-20s, the application offers new and powerful additions to its impressive and mature feature set. FileMaker Pro 8.5 Essential Training with Cris Ippolite gives comprehensive coverage of the program's primary principles and functions. From understanding the concept of a database and building and browsing records to designing smart user interfaces, from defining and validating fields to calculating and scripting essentials, Ippolite demonstrates and clarifies both the big picture and the finer points of database management with FileMaker Pro 8.5. The training also teaches users about a feature that is new to FileMaker 8.5--the Web Viewer--which allows the addition of a live web page within a record. Exercise files accompany the training.

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02NYL509

8.5 Hrs
1 CD

After teaching the fundamentals of this powerful application in FileMaker Pro 8.5 Essential Training, author Cris Ippolite continues his comprehensive training with FileMaker 8.5 Beyond the Basics. Taking it beyond the program’s essentials, this set of tutorials covers topics as varied as data modeling, defining fields using aggregate functions, summarizing with multiple variables, and networking with FileMaker Server. We recommend that users new to FileMaker complete FileMaker Pro 8.5 Essential Training before watching this title. Exercise files are included with the tutorial.

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$ 158.95

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02NYL546

7.0 Hrs
1 CD

Combining the rich features of Flash and FileMaker, users can create applications with significantly increased capabilities and more robust design. Strong Flash vector-based client-server applications become stronger when featuring a dynamic FileMaker back end, while embedded vector graphics add usability and depth of content to FileMaker databases. Both Flash experts and FileMaker developers will benefit from instructor Cris Ippolite’s step-by-step approach to the challenges of integrating these two programs. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

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02NYL572

2.0 Hrs
1 CD

In FileMaker 8.5 Web Publishing, instructor Cris Ippolite delves into one of the best features of FileMaker 8.5: the ability to publish databases to the web. The training covers how to incorporate all kinds of databases—for commerce sites, shopping carts, guest books, and interactive businesses—on the web using components from FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server Advanced. Cris also teaches about Instant Web Publishing and custom Web Publishing, as well as using FileMaker with XML and XSLT. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

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02NYL556

4.2 Hrs
1 CD