U.M. (Windows)
Table Of Contents
- Preface: Getting help
- Chapter 1: FileMakerPro basics
- Chapter 2: Creating a database file
- Chapter 3: Laying out and arranging information
- Understanding layouts
- Working with predefined layout types
- Arranging records in columns
- Managing layouts
- Working with layout parts
- Changing layout parts
- Working with all object types
- Working with graphic objects
- Working with fields in a layout
- Adding fields to a layout
- Adding merge fields
- Deleting a field from a layout
- Defining display formats for fields
- Determining data entry in fields
- Setting the tab order for data entry
- Adding scroll bars to fields
- Formatting repeating fields
- Adding borders, fill, and baselines to fields
- Defining value lists
- Formatting fields with value lists
- Working with text
- Chapter 4: Working with information in records
- Working in Browse mode
- Adding data to a file
- Selecting a field for data entry
- Adding and duplicating records
- Entering and changing data in fields
- Working with container fields
- Entering data from a value list
- Viewing and inserting data from another source
- Copying and moving values and records
- Using drag and drop to move information
- Replacing field values
- Working with records
- Finding information
- Deleting records
- Sorting records
- Chapter 5: Using ScriptMaker and buttons
- Chapter 6: Previewing and printing information
- Chapter 7: Networking and access privileges
- Chapter 8: Importing and exporting data
- Chapter 9: Customizing FileMakerPro
- Chapter 10: Using data from related files
- Chapter 11: Publishing files on the Web
- About the World Wide Web
- About FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Publishing your database on the Web—an overview
- Getting ready to publish your files on the Web
- Setting up FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Configuring FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Setting up Instant Web Publishing
- Database security
- Helping Web users find your database
- Custom Web Publishing
- Appendix A: Recovering damaged files
- Appendix B: Working with international files
- Appendix C: Summary of functions
- Appendix D: Linking and embedding objects
- Index
Chapter 4: Working with information in records
After you create a database and define fields, you can enter and work
with data in the file. This chapter explains how to:
1 add and edit data in a database
1 view records in a database
1 find groups of records to work with
1 delete records
1 sort records
For information on adding, editing, viewing, searching for, deleting, and
sorting records on the Web, see chapter 11, “Publishing files on the Web.”
Important Before you read this chapter, be sure you know how to use
FileMaker Pro Help, as explained in the preface, “Getting help.”
Working in Browse mode
When you finish defining fields for a new file, FileMaker Pro moves to
Browse mode, where you enter data into the file. (You also work in
Browse mode after you open a file or when you choose Browse from the
Mode menu.) In Browse mode you work with the contents of a file rather
than the appearance and layout.
When you work with a new database in Browse mode, you start with a
Standard layout. You can modify this layout and create additional
layouts in Layout mode (see chapter 3, “Laying out and arranging
information”). If the database you’re using has several layouts, you can
choose a different layout from the layout pop-up menu at the top of the
status area.
In Browse mode, you also view, change, find, omit, sort, copy, and
delete records.
You can work with all the records in a file or a group of records, in sorted
order or the order in which you added them to the file. When you choose
a group of records to browse, you temporarily separate those records
from the others in the file so you can work with them.