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
Using data from related files 10-27
Selecting, moving, or deleting related fields and portals
Changing the appearance of related fields and portals
To Do this in Layout mode
Select a related field Click the field.
Select a portal Click the portal area outside any fields.
Change the tab order of related
fields
See “Setting the tab order for data entry” on page 3-68.
Move or delete the field label of a
related field
Select the label, and then move or delete it.
Move related fields or portals See “Moving objects” on page 3-43. To move related
fields with a portal, select the fields and the portal.
Delete related fields or portals from
a layout
In Layout mode, select the field or portal, and then press
Backspace or Delete. FileMaker Pro deletes the objects,
not the relationships, field definitions, or data.
To Do this in Layout mode
Change the fill color or pattern, pen
color or pattern, or line width of a
related field or portal
See “Changing lines, colors, and patterns” on page 3-50.
Change the color or pattern of
alternating rows in a portal
Double-click the portal. In the Portal Setup dialog box,
select Alternate background with, and then choose a fill
color and pattern from the palettes. Click OK.
Resize related fields or portal rows See “Resizing objects” on page 3-48. Resizing the first
row of a portal resizes all rows.
Change the number of rows
displayed in a portal
Double-click the portal. In the Portal Setup dialog box,
type a new value for Show
<value>
rows. Click OK.
Show or hide a portal scroll bar Double-click the portal. In the Portal Setup dialog box,
select Show vertical scroll bar. Click OK.
Change the data format of
related fields
See “Defining display formats for fields” on page 3-58.
The changes only affect the format on the current layout.
Change the appearance of a related
field in the current layout
See “Working with fields in a layout” on page 3-53. The
changes only affect the appearance on the current layout.
Slide related fields and portals to
remove blank space between
layout objects
See “Removing spaces at the end of fields and parts” on
page 6-5. Objects in a portal don’t slide or shrink, but
when a portal slides, objects within the portal slide with it.