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Working with fields on a layout 72
Placing and removing fields on a layout 72
Setting up fields to display checkbox sets and other controls on a layout 74
Deciding where to place related fields 75
About merge fields 75
Formatting field data on a layout 76
Allowing or preventing entry into fields 78
Working with layout parts 78
About layout part types 80
Creating and editing charts 81
Creating a chart 82
Editing a chart 83
Chapter 4
Working with related tables and files 84
About relationships 85
Relational database terminology 87
About the relationships graph 88
About match fields for relationships 88
Types of relationships 88
Working with the relationships graph 93
Creating relationships 94
Changing relationships 94
About lookups 96
Creating lookups 96
Editing lookups 97
Chapter 5
Sharing data 98
Sharing databases on a network 98
Enabling file sharing and hosting files 99
Opening shared files as a client 101
Opening shared databases remotely using a URL 102
Closing a hosted file 102
Sharing files with FileMaker Go clients 103
Uploading files to FileMaker Server 103
Importing and exporting data 103
Supported import/export file formats 103
Setting up recurring imports 103
ODBC and JDBC 104
Methods of importing data into an existing file 104
About adding records 104
About updating existing records 104
About updating matching records 105
About the importing process 105
Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file 106
About the exporting process 107