Functions Reference

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Slider
In the status toolbar, the navigation control for quickly moving to a record in your database file
based on its location in the file. For example, in Browse mode, move the slider to the left to go to
the first record and to the right to go to the last record.
In Browse mode, moving the slider changes the current record. In Find mode, moving the slider
changes the current find request. In Layout mode, moving the slider changes the current layout.
In Preview mode, moving the slider changes the current page.
Sliding objects
Objects that move together to close gaps left by entries in adjacent fields.
Set sliding in Layout mode, in the Sliding & Visibility area of the Inspector.
If you don’t see the Inspector, choose View menu > Inspector.
Snapshot link
A found set of records that is saved in the FileMaker Pro Snapshot Link (FMPSL) format, with
the filename extension .fmpsl. A snapshot link captures and preserves the found set as it was
when you performed the find request. You can also email an FMPSL file to another person.
Solution
A database file or files.
Sort order
The sequence for rearranging records. Records are sorted by the first field in the sort order list,
then the second, and so on. Values within each field are sorted by the order specified
(ascending, descending, or custom).
Source file
The file from which you bring data during importing or exporting, or the file from which you add a
table to the relationships graph.
Source table
The table upon which one or more table occurrences in the relationships graph are based. The
source table is the table defined in the Tables tab of the Manage Database dialog box.
SQL
A structured programming query language that controls and interacts with a DBMS.
Stacking order
The order in which objects overlap on a layout. In Layout mode, you can change this order by
cutting and pasting objects or by clicking Bring to front, Bring forward, Send to back, or
Send backward in the Arrange & Align area of the Inspector.
If you don’t see the Inspector, choose View menu > Inspector.
Standard form layout
The default layout, with all fields arranged on separate lines in the order they were defined. The
body part is only as tall as it needs to be to include all the fields in the database. This layout
includes header and footer parts. (In previous versions of FileMaker
Pro, a Standard Form
layout was a predefined layout type.)
Starter Solution
Or template. A predesigned and formatted FileMaker Pro file, or web page, that you can copy
and change for your own use.
Startup script
A script that automatically runs when a file is opened. You can script such things as setting
system formats to the user's formats or setting a database to be shared in a startup script.