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
126 | Creating databases
5. In the Time Format dialog box, select the formats you want to use and click
OK.
6. To format the seconds and fractional seconds component, choose Format
menu > Number.
7. In the Number Format dialog box, select the formats you want to use and
click OK.
Only two options affect the display of the seconds component: Fixed
number of decimal digits and Decimal separator. The remaining options have
no effect.
You see examples of the options you choose in the Sample area.
Specifying formats for container fields
You can control how FileMaker Pro displays images and file icons in container
fields.
Note The following instructions also apply to formatting graphic objects that you
insert onto a layout.
1. In Layout mode, select one or more container fields or inserted graphics.
2. Choose Format menu > Graphic.
3. In the Graphic Format dialog box, select the formats you want to use.
You see examples of the options you choose in the Sample area. File icons
do not scale.
4. Click OK.
Choose how to
align the graphic
vertically
Choose how to fit the
graphic in the frame
Choose how to align the
graphic horizontally
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