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Customizing files with FileMaker Pro Advanced
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Customizing files with FileMaker Pro Advanced
This section describes the following ways you can customize files with FileMaker Pro Advanced:
• copy and paste fields for use within the same file or other database files
• copy or import existing tables into your database file
• create custom functions for use anywhere within a file
• create custom menus
Copying and pasting field schemas (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
You can copy fields from one file and paste them into the same file or some other file. Field data is
not copied.
1. Select File menu > Manage > Database > Fields tab.
2. Select the field that you want to copy.
3. Click Copy, then click OK.
4. Open the Manage Database dialog box in the file into which you want to paste the field you
copied.
5. In the Fields tab, choose the table where you want to paste the field.
6. Click Paste, then click OK.
Notes
• FileMaker Pro Advanced retains data source references to fields if they are valid when you
paste. If you copy multiple fields that reference each other, copy them in one step to retain
the references. If you copy them one at a time, the references may be lost. Check all data
source references after pasting to ensure they are valid.
• To copy and paste fields, you must have full access privileges to the source and destination
files.
• There is a difference between duplicating and copying a field: Duplicate duplicates a field
within the current table. Copy makes the field available for pasting to another file. See
Duplicating field definitions
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Copying or importing table schemas (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
Copying or importing table schemas (FileMaker Pro Advanced)
With FileMaker Pro Advanced, you can consolidate tables from a multi-file solution into one file.
There are two methods for consolidating solutions:
• Copy table schemas — Open source files to select and copy the tables you want. Then,
paste the table schemas into the destination file.
• Import table schemas — Import table schemas directly into the destination file. You can
import just the schemas or import data with a single schema. (To import the data with a
single schema, choose File menu
> Import Records > File. See Importing data into an
existing file.)