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• Any operations that attempt to open a non-dialog window will fail when a dialog window is
open (for example, using a script trigger to run a script from another file). OnTimer scripts do
not execute when a dialog window is open unless the script launches from the dialog
window itself.
• OS X: A FileMaker Pro dialog window does not have the same qualities or restrictions of a
standard dialog window. For example, Apple events can communicate with a database
while a FileMaker
Pro dialog window is open.
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Charting non-toc topics
Chart Setup dialog box
Use the Chart Setup dialog box to modify a quick chart or to create or edit a chart in Layout mode.
Note To get started creating a chart, see Creating quick charts or Creating and editing charts in
Layout mode.
The Chart Setup dialog box has two sections:
• The chart preview. See Using the chart preview.
• The Chart inspector contains chart settings.
To create or edit a chart:
1. Before you make changes in the Chart Setup dialog box, consider:
• Reducing the found set, if needed, to make your data comparison clear. See Making a
find request.
• Sorting data (for example, sales from highest to lowest). If you are charting summary
data, sort data into categories (for example, sort by region). See
Working with data in
Table View or Sorting records.
2. In the Chart inspector, enter settings:
Perform Script Yes Will fail, if executed from another
open file
Quit Application No
Select Window Yes Can select only the current dialog
window
Script step Supported Restriction with dialog windows
To Do this
Add a title to the chart
For Title, type or change the chart title, or click to
specify a title.
Choose a chart type and
specify the data series
See Column, bar, line, and area charts (including stacked
column and bar and positive/negative charts), Pie charts, or
Scatter and bubble charts.