Functions Reference

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ILEMAKER PRO FUNCTIONS REFERENCE 359
Browse mode
The FileMaker mode in which you enter and edit information in fields. Groups of fields make up
the records of your file. You can view one record at a time (click Form View in the layout bar),
view your records in a list (click List View), or view records arranged in a spreadsheet-like table
(click Table View).
(Use Browse mode to enter and edit your information; use Layout mode to design how your
information is displayed. Use Find mode to find records that match search criteria; use Preview
mode to display how your records will print.)
Button
A layout object that performs a specified script in Browse or Find mode.
Button bar
A layout object that displays buttons or popover buttons in a horizontal or vertical bar. Button
bars contain segments that represent individual buttons consisting of any combination of a
button icon and a text label.
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Cache
The amount of memory assigned to FileMaker Pro. A larger cache size increases performance.
A smaller cache size saves data to the hard disk more frequently, offering greater protection in
case of a system crash.
Calculation field
A field that returns the result of a calculation of values. You can create a formula for the
calculation using functions, constants, operators, and information from other fields in the same
record.
Cascading style sheets
A system of codes or tags that define how a web browser displays information in a webpage.
Cascading style sheets provide more control over the layout and appearance of webpages than
HTML. Cascading style sheets work like templates for webpages. If a web age contains
cascading style sheets, users must view it in a browser that supports cascading style sheets.
Character encoding
The character set or code page of a file. If necessary, you can specify a character set to be used
when importing, exporting, indexing, sorting, and spell-checking files. FileMaker supports ASCII,
Windows ANSI, Macintosh, Japanese (Shift-JIS), Unicode UTF-8, Unicode UTF-16, and
Unicode UTF-16 Windows.
Chart
A graphical depiction that makes it easy to compare data and see patterns and trends.
Chart legend
A key that identifies the colors assigned to a data series in a chart.
Client
A user that opens a file that is shared on a network, published in a browser, or shared via
ODBC/JDBC. FileMaker Network settings and privileges determine how FileMaker
Pro and
FileMaker
Go clients interact with files hosted through FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server.
Client application
The application that requests data (using SQL) from a data source (using ODBC or JDBC).
Also, FileMaker
Pro is a client application when it accesses a file hosted by FileMaker Server.