U.M. (Mac OS)
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
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- 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
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- 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
- Index
7-2 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
The first person to open a shared file is the host. Any user who opens a
shared file after the host is a guest.
Keep these points in mind:
1 You can share FileMaker Pro files between a computer running
Windows and a computer running the Mac OS just as you share files
among networked computers on the same platform. For example, you
can host a file on a Mac OS–based computer, and then guests on
Windows computers or Mac OS–based computers can connect to the
same file.
When you share files between platforms, you may see differences in
font mapping, alignment of layout objects, and character set mapping.
1 For enhanced file sharing capabilities, use the FileMaker Pro Server
application to host files.
1 You don’t have to turn on File Sharing (in the Sharing Setup control
panel) to share FileMaker Pro files on a network.
1 To change network connections, see “Setting general application
preferences” on page 9-2.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E sharing files
The host opens the file
Guests open connections to the file