Filemaker Pro 9. (16)

Question 1

1. What can you do with

FORMAT–>
FIELD/CONTROL–>
SETUP?

Answer 1

it lets you control how a FIELD PRESENTS ITSELF ON THE LAYOUT. You can add scroll bars, turn fields into pop up menus, checkboxes, radio, etc.

Question 2

2. What is
   FORMAT–>
   FIELD/CONTROL–>
   BORDERS?

Answer 2

they can put or delete BORDERS around the FIELDS in BROWSE mode.

Question 3

3. What is a CONTROL STYLE?

p 166.

Answer 3

when you change something in TEXT, such as a different FONT or SIZE, it is called FORMATTING TEXT.
When you FORMAT FIELDS, you begin by choosing the overall style of the field, and this is called a CONTROL STYLE.

Question 4

4. What are the BASIC FIELD FORMATS under the CONTROL STYLE?

Answer 4

a. Edit Box
b. Drop Down List
c. Pop Up Menu
d. Checkbox Set
e. Radio Button Set
f. Drop Down Calendar

Question 5

5. What is the EDIT BOX?

Answer 5

A plain old entry, you can type anything into it.

Question 6

6. What is a DROP DOWN LIST?

Answer 6

When you click on it, it gives you a list of choices, from which you can choose, or click again and type something else (the list of choices is DEFINED BY A VALUE LIST).

Question 7

7. What is a POP UP MENU?

Answer 7

it FORCES you to PICK an item from a list, you cannot choose two items.

Question 8

8. What is a CHECKBOX SET?

Answer 8

it is a BLOCK OF CHOICES, EACH with a CHECKBOX beside it. If you choose multiple items, the field value is set to both items, each on a line by itself.

Question 9

9. What is a RADIO BUTTON SET?

Answer 9

just like a CHECKBOX SET, but YOU CAN ONLY PICK ONE ITEM.

Question 10

10. What is a DROP DOWN CALENDAR?

Answer 10

No explanation needed.

Question 11

11. Keep in mind that no matter which FORMAT you use, any one can PASTE any data they want, UNLESS:

Answer 11

YOU USE DATA VALIDATION ( p 111).