User manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface Learning how to use FileMakerPro
- Chapter 1 FileMaker Pro basics
- Chapter 2 Adding and viewing data
- Chapter 3 Finding and sorting information
- Finding records
- Finding text and characters
- Finding exact matches in text fields
- Finding numbers, dates, and times
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicates
- Finding all records except those matching criteria
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Sorting records
- Finding records
- Chapter 4 Previewing and printing information
- Chapter 5 Creating a database
- Chapter 6 Creating and managing layouts and reports
- Chapter 7 Customizing layouts
- Chapter 8 Working with related files
- Chapter 9 Protecting databases with passwords and groups
- Chapter 10 Creating scripts to automate tasks
- About scripts
- Creating scripts: an overview
- About ScriptMaker steps
- Control script steps
- Navigation script steps
- Sort, find, and print script steps
- Editing script steps
- Fields script steps
- Records script steps
- Windows script steps
- Files script steps
- Spelling script steps
- Open Menu Item script steps
- Miscellaneous script steps
- Changing scripts
- Duplicating, renaming, or deleting scripts
- Importing scripts
- Listing scripts in the Scripts menu
- Using buttons with scripts
- Example of a ScriptMaker script
- Chapter 11 Using formulas and functions
- Chapter 12 Importing and exporting data
- Chapter 13 Sharing databases on a network
- Chapter 14 Publishing databases on the Web
- About publishing databases on the Web
- How users work with databases on the Web
- What you need to publish databasesontheWeb
- Publishing databases on the Web: an overview
- Enabling FileMaker Pro Web Companion
- Configuring FileMaker Pro WebCompanion
- Enabling Web Companion sharing
- Setting up browser views
- Testing your published database
- About browser views for web publishing
- Chapter 15 Using ODBC with FileMakerPro
- Appendix A Customizing FileMaker Pro
- Appendix B Backing up and recovering files
- Appendix C FileMaker Pro Quick Reference (Windows)
- Appendix D FileMaker Pro Quick Reference (Mac OS)
- Index
Adding and viewing data
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Note The controls you see depend on the movie. Some features may
not be available. For more information about QuickTime, refer to the
Apple Computer web site at www.quicktime.com.
Recording and playing sounds in fields
With the proper software and hardware, you can play and record
sound.
The requirements for playing sounds are documented in Help.
Choose Help menu > Contents and Index, click the Index tab, and type
sounds.
Deleting graphics, movies, or sounds from fields
To delete graphics, movies, or sounds, click the container field, then
press Backspace or Delete.
About working with text
In Browse mode and Find mode, you can work with text data in
fields. In Layout mode, you can work with the text that displays on a
layout.
Keep these points in mind:
1 You can use drag and drop, toolbars, or context menus to edit text.
See “Moving data with drag and drop” on page 2-9 and “Performing
menu commands” on page 1-4.
1 For more information about working with data in Browse mode,
see “About entering data in records” on page 2-6.
Selecting text
To select text in a field (in Browse mode or Find mode) or in a text
object (in Layout mode):
1. Click a field in Browse mode or Find mode. In Layout mode,
select the text tool from the tool panel.
2. Do the following:
To Do this
Play a sound Double-click the field where the sound is stored.
Record a sound Click an empty container field, then double-click the
field or choose Insert menu > Sound. In the Sound
Record dialog box, click Record.
Stop or pause recording In the Sound Record dialog box, click Stop or Pause.
Play back a recording In the Sound Record dialog box, click Play.
Click to show hot
spots. Click a hot spot
to trigger an action
Zoom in or out, then
click and drag an
object to move it
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Zoom in or out
Click to return to the
previous view after
clicking a hot spot
Click and drag across the
movie to change the view
To select Do this with the I-beam pointer
Individual characters With the pointer, drag through the
characters.
A word Double-click the word.
A line of text (the first character in the
field or object to the last character in
the field or object on the same line)
Triple-click anywhere in the line.
A paragraph of text Click the block of text four times.
All text in a field or text object Click the field or object five times.