Filemaker Pro 9. (14)

Question 1

1. p 144. How do you gain control over a LAYOUT’s basic ATTRIBUTES, such as NAME, VIEWS, and PRINTING?

Answer 1

LAYOUTS–>

LAYOUT SET UP

Question 2

2. When would you choose to turn off the INCLUDE IN LAYOUT MENUS checkbox?

Answer 2

could be for a report that makes sense only after performing a special find, or a search screen that works only in find mode. You turn it off in cases like these and use a special script to got to the layout instead.

Question 3

3. How would you know a layout exists if you uncheck the INCLUDE IN LAYOUT MENUS option?

Answer 3

When you do, the layout no longer shows up in the LAYOUTS POP UP MENU or the VIEW–>GO TO LAYOUT MENU in BROWSE, PREVIEW, or FIND MODES, BUT EVERY LAYOUT SHOWS IN THESE MENUS IN LAYOUT MODE, no matter how you set this checkbox.

Question 4

4. What is the SAVE RECORDS AUTOMATICALLY checkbox for?

Answer 4

if you uncheck this checkbox, FM asks you if you want to save changes to a record EVERY TIME YOU MAKE AN CHANGE IN THE FIELD.

Question 5

5. What is the purpose for the SAVE RECORD CHAGES AUTOMATICALLY option?

Answer 5

to allow you to reconsider the change on every field, when you try to exit the record.

Question 6

6. When you uncheck the SAVE RECORD CHANGES AUTOMATICALLY option, how do you keep it from affecting the rest of the database?

Answer 6

Do nothing. This is a LAYOUT SETTING. If you want this option on every layout, you have to do it for every layout.

Question 7

7. What is the SHOW FIELD FRAMES WHEN RECORD IS ACTIVE option?

Answer 7

In BROWSE and FIND modes, FM shows a dotted-line border around all fields. This option turns this border on and off.