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Making databases relational 59
6. Click OK, then click OK again to close the Define Database dialog
box.
7. Choose View menu > Layout Mode.
8. Click the portal tool and draw a box to hold the list of
names.
9. In the Portal Setup dialog box, show related records from the
Members table.
10. Leave the initial row value at 1. Change the Number of rows in the
portal
value to 7.
Each row displays one matching member record.
11. Select Show vertical scroll bar.
12. Click OK.
Add the fields in the portal
1. In the Add Fields to Portal dialog box, select the First Name field
and move it to the
Included fields list.
2. Select and move the Last Name field.
3. Click OK.
4. Use the text tool and create field labels for the First Name and
Last Name field labels above their respective fields in the portal.
The portal should look like this when you are done.
5. Choose View menu > Browse Mode to view your list of members.
6. Test your new structure: type the name of a new member at ABC
Company, then look to see if it appears in the Data Entry layout. (It
will be the last record.)
7. When you are finished with this lesson, Exit or Quit
FileMaker Pro to close all open files.