User manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 2 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Performing quick finds based on data in one field
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Saving find requests
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 3 Creating databases
- Planning a database
- Creating a FileMaker Pro file
- Defining database fields
- Using supplemental fields
- Setting options for fields
- Defining database tables
- Creating layouts and reports
- Setting up a layout to print records in columns
- Working with objects on a layout
- Working with fields on a layout
- Working with parts on a layout
- Chapter 4 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 5 Sharing and exchanging data
- Sharing databases on a network
- Importing and exporting data
- Saving and sending data in other formats
- Sending email messages based on record data
- Supported import/export file formats
- ODBC and JDBC
- Methods of importing data into an existing file
- About adding records
- About updating existing records
- About updating matching records
- About the importing process
- Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file
- About the exporting process
- Working with external data sources
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 6 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 7 Converting databases from FileMaker Pro 6 and earlier
- Chapter 8 Security measures
- Index
Working with objects on a layout | 113
To allow objects to resize or move when the FileMaker Pro window is resized:
1. In Layout mode, choose View menu > Object Info.
2. Select one or more objects on the layout.
3. In the Info palette, select the that indicates the side of the object that
you want anchored to the layout or container.
For example, to allow an object to maintain its horizontal position on the
layout and expand the right when the window is made wider, leave the
default left and top anchors selected and select the right anchor.
Auto-resize setting changes take effect as soon as you specify anchor
selections.
Objects located in containers on layouts (such as fields located in tab panels or
portals) do not inherit resize settings from their container. For example, if you
want fields on a tab panel to resize with the tab panel, you must specify resize
settings for the tab panel and fields located in it. If the FileMaker
Pro window
is made smaller than the size of the original layout, objects set to resize are not
reduced beyond their original size.
Important Multiple objects positioned side-by-side or stacked vertically and
anchored to both left and right margins or both top and bottom margins move or
resize relative to the window or container margin, not each other. Therefore,
adjacent objects will not maintain a relative distance from one another and may
overlap when the window is resized.
For more information about setting objects to resize, see Help.
Select the right
anchor
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