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FileMaker Pro basics
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Note If a window’s ability to resize is restricted by a script, the window can’t be arranged using
commands in the Window menu.
Closing windows and files
You can close FileMaker Pro windows and files as you would in most Windows and OS X
applications. FileMaker
Pro saves changes as you work and whenever you close a file.
For information on how to quit FileMaker Pro, see Quitting FileMaker Pro.
To close a window:
• Windows: Click the close box in the upper right corner of the document window.
• Windows: Double-click the document icon in the upper left corner of the document window.
• OS X: Click the red close button in the upper-left corner of the document window.
• Choose File menu > Close.
To close a file:
Use the procedures above to close all the open windows for a file.
Notes
• Even if you close a file, it may remain open as a hidden file if the window of any other file is
displaying data from that file. (For example, another window may be displaying related data
from the file you attempted to close.) FileMaker
Pro will close the file when you close all the
dependent windows.
• If you are hosting a shared file that is being accessed by one or more clients, those clients
must close the file before you can close the file.
Related topics
Opening files
Closing files troubleshooting
Closing shared files
Closing files troubleshooting
Can’t close all files (they keep reopening themselves)
• Keep trying (a few times).
• Quit FileMaker Pro.
• In each file, use the Layout pop-up menu to switch to a layout without related fields, then
close each file.
• In each file, create a script that closes each file in the file system. Then, in the Script
Triggers tab of the File Options dialog box, set that script to run when the file is closed
(using the OnLastWindowClose
script trigger). For more information, see Setting file
options. An example script in a Products.fmp12 file might be:
Close [Invoices.fmp12]
Close [Customers.fmp12]
Close [LineItems.fmp12]