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Script Parameter from Field 10 44 (6/8/2009 6:47:57 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Hi, Not sure how I didn't bump into this issue already, but I've got a button with an attached script, that takes as its script parameter: List(field1; field2; field3...) The issue is that if any of the fiel... d

FM10 status toolbar 3 38 (2/28/2009 10:22:26 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Hi, In FM10 you can 'customize' the status toolbar. When in browse mode you can right click on the status toolbar, and click 'customize'. This brings up a window "Customize" with two tabs: On the 'Toolbars' t... d

Script Triggers in FM10 half assed 10 41 (2/21/2009 11:42:25 PM) comp.databases.filemaker I'm looking for conditional read only fields. Ie... field layout objects that are either: enterable and modifiable and one of [(not enterable) or (enterable but not modifiable)] depending on a condition. His... d

Per Window Fields 9 38 (7/26/2008 6:18:26 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Alrighty... so I've run into an apparent limitation of filemaker that I can't seem to work around. I'm doing a very simple report, find records between date x-y for customer z, I've done it a thousand times. ... d

select parent records that do not have a particular child 2 25 (4/18/2008 12:55:13 PM) comp.databases.ms-sqlserver Hi, I've got a many-many relationship between people and locations: Persons {personid, namefirst, accountid} Locations {locationid, locationname, accountid} // many-many join table PersonLocation {personid, ... d

scratching my plugin itch 5 41 (10/4/2007 5:13:08 AM) comp.databases.filemaker So I decided to scratch an itch, regarding FM imports, exports, command line automation and other goodness. I wanted a plugin to make FM interaction with the shell painless. I googled around, and there are a c... d

Import text file into a field 23 64 (9/11/2007 11:20:05 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Hi, I need to import a text file into a field for further parsing. All to be done via a script. I know I can do this with Import Folder, selecting text files, but is there a way of doing this by just naming t... d

Filemaker Server Plug-ins 0 61 (9/8/2007 6:24:54 AM) comp.databases.filemaker Hi, I'm a bit confused by Filemaker Server Plug-ins. I can't seem to find a clear answer in the administation and users guides for what they exactly are. I -know- FM Server has the facility to store, and dep... d

Vista x64 and Filemaker Pro ODBC 4 88 (8/24/2007 11:10:48 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Hi all, I know this post is going to go way over a lot of people's heads here, because its aimed at people writing applications that connect to filemaker, and has nothing to do with developing within filemaker... d

Transfer Found Set between files 2 48 (4/29/2007 11:30:47 PM) comp.databases.filemaker This Q is more nuts and bolts... If you've got layouts using a Table Occurrence in file A and another in file B that both refer to the same base table, is there any way to transfer the found set in A to B. Wi... d

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Script Trigger New Feature Has Problems, still love FM3 4 48 (7/23/2009 3:56:38 AM) comp.databases.filemaker I have been using script triggers, but in a particular development situation, where the client had a very patched up messy program with millions of records and a data separation model, the script trigger did no... lidia.lopinto (17)

Entomological database.... 6 35 (7/9/2009 5:53:32 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Hi, I am building an entomological database. Is it possible to print a record with 4 lines /5 fields(common name, latin name 1 and 2, date & findingplace) on a very tiny label? (19mm x 9mm) I tried with a 6pt f... marioreget (1)

auto-enter sometimes? 1 54 (7/6/2009 7:17:16 PM) comp.databases.filemaker I'm not sure there's a solution to this. Field A displays a drop-down from a value list. Associated are three other fields that do a lookup based on the selection in A. A is a key in a relationship with anot... ws21 (55)

"Set Selection" Switches Tab Control Panel 2 69 (6/27/2009 3:55:47 PM) comp.databases.filemaker I've got a script for setting a user's initials and date stamp in a note field so when the user clicks a button it drops previous data down two returns, inserts his initials and date, and puts the cursor at the... jahnbigbooty (106)

New Window - layout size 6 48 (6/23/2009 11:44:16 PM) comp.databases.filemaker FM10 MacOS 10.5 I have a layout (pixels) 400 x 200. When I script a New Window for this layout, I'm asked to give the size of the window. If I enter Height: 400 Width: 200, it doesn't fit. Manually I've adjust... white1 (3)

decimal places in calculation field 5 87 (6/18/2009 3:20:39 PM) comp.databases.filemaker in a calculation field(c) in one field(a) is divided by another(b) the c when a=235 and b=206 c is shown as 1. The result I want is 1.141. In trying to get that I went layout mode, selected field c, and choose... gno52 (77)

Access Filemaker Files via Objective-C 2.0/iPhone SDK 11 86 (6/17/2009 10:21:50 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Good Evening, I have recently started with learning some Objective C 2.0 (having some Ansi C background). I would like my programs to access my Filemaker databases. Is anybody aware of a "Class" I need to b... gabarthol (3)

Best Practices for Improving FM Performance 5 38 (6/13/2009 12:40:18 AM) comp.databases.filemaker I have a file, FM9 Mac, where many of the layouts use simple boxes to separate one section from another -- that is, I use the box-drawing tool in the status area to draw a box in some solid shade with no border... jahnbigbooty (106)

background noise in recording on a container field 14 37 (9/20/2009 12:30:25 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Hi, I am developping an application (FM9) - free - for impaired people that has many records in which one can choose among a prewritten set of sentences and make them pronounced out loud. This has to be prepa... Remi

Server FM5.5 and FM10 7 46 (7/28/2009 9:22:37 PM) comp.databases.filemaker Hi before I start my installation and get suck some place, can we run FM5.5 server and FM10 server on the same PC... while working on the remake of my solution on FM10 business must go on and we are still usin... bizouman (48)