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Repeating field
A field containing multiple, separate values.
Report layout
A predefined layout type for setting up reports. You can create a layout with simple rows and
columns of data (as in a list), or a complex report with grouped data (subsummary reports). The
fields that you specify appear in columns across the screen or page in one line. Field names are
in the header part and the footer part is blank.
Report with grouped data
A subsummary report that you create using the Report layout type. Reports with grouped data
can include totals and subtotals.
Row
When a database file is viewed as a table, a row corresponds to a record.
Runtime solution
A database that does not require FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced in order to be used.
In FileMaker
Pro Advanced, use the Developer Utilities to bind a primary file and any auxiliary
files to produce a stand-alone runtime solution.
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Schema
In database terminology, a schema is the organization of the tables, the fields in each table, and
the relationships between fields and tables.
Screen stencils
In Layout mode, nonprinting guides that help you design layouts for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or
computers with different screen resolutions.
Script
One or more instructions (script steps) that you define to automate repetitive or difficult tasks.
You manage scripts using the Manage Scripts feature. You run a script by clicking its button,
choosing its menu command, calling it from another script or a plug-in, or running it at startup or
when a file closes.
Script Debugger
A FileMaker Pro Advanced tool for debugging FileMaker Pro scripts.
Script step
A command that you include in a script.
Script trigger
A mechanism that causes a specified script to run when a particular event occurs.
Search criteria
In Find mode, the values and operators you specify to locate records. For example, if you type
ABC Travel in the Vendor field, FileMaker
Pro looks for and returns all records that have this
name in the Vendor field.
Security
The protection that’s placed on a file. Security includes various types of accounts to
authenticate users, levels of privilege sets to determine what can be done with a file, and
authorization of other files to create references to the current file (including its tables, layouts,