User manual
Table Of Contents
- Preface Introducing FileMaker Pro
- Chapter 1 Using databases
- About database fields and records
- Opening files
- Opening multiple windows per file
- Closing windows and files
- Saving files
- About modes
- Viewing records
- Adding and duplicating records
- Deleting records
- Entering data
- Finding records
- Making a find request
- Performing quick finds based on data in one field
- Finding text and characters
- Finding numbers, dates, times, and timestamps
- Finding ranges of information
- Finding data in related fields
- Finding empty or non-empty fields
- Finding duplicate values
- Finding records that match multiple criteria
- Finding records except those matching criteria
- Deleting and reverting requests
- Viewing, repeating, or changing the last find
- Hiding records from a found set and viewing hidden records
- Finding and replacing data
- Sorting records
- Previewing and printing databases
- Automating tasks with scripts
- Backing up database files
- Setting preferences
- Chapter 2 Creating databases
- Chapter 3 Working with related tables and files
- Chapter 4 Sharing and exchanging data
- Sharing databases on a network
- Importing and exporting data
- Saving and sending data in other formats
- Sending email messages based on record data
- Supported import/export file formats
- ODBC and JDBC
- Methods of importing data into an existing file
- About adding records
- About updating existing records
- About updating matching records
- About the importing process
- Converting a data file to a new FileMaker Pro file
- About the exporting process
- Publishing databases on the web
- Chapter 5 Protecting databases with accounts and privilege sets
- Chapter 6 Converting FileMaker databases from previous versions
- Index
Chapter 1
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Using databases 19
Selecting the active record
In Browse mode, a table has one active (selected) record at a time for
each window. For more information about working with multiple
windows, see
“Opening multiple windows per file” on page 15.
To select a related record in a portal, select the portal row (click inside
the row but outside any fields in the row). For information about
related records and portals, see
chapter 3, “Working with related
tables and files.”
In this view The active record is
View as Form The record that you’re displaying.
View as List
or
View as Table
The record that’s marked with a solid bar along the left
side. To work with another record, click in the record to
make it active.
View as Table
Column headings. Each column displays one
field from the current layout. If you’ve added a
tab control, fields from all panels are displayed.
Current
record in
View as List
Click inside the portal row
to select a related record
Portal