Filemaker Pro 9 (18) Flashcards
- p 181. CREATING LAYOUTS.
Although you can create an infinite variety of layouts, there are SIX BASIC types. What are they?
a. Standard Form
b. Columnar List/Report
c. Table View
d. Labels or Vertical Labels
e. Envelope
f. Blank Layout
- What is the STANDARD FORM?
It is a LAYOUT just like the one FM creates automatically when you start a db, but you get to decide which fields to include.
- What is the TABLE VIEW layout?
It is a LAYOUT much like the STANDARD FORM, but the layout is set to TABLE VIEW automatically. But this is just like choosing VIEW->VIEW AS TABLE in BROWSE MODE , so it is mostly redundant.
- How do you create a new layout?
LAYOUT MODE: LAYOUT->NEW LAYOUT/REPORT
- When you have a person’s first and last name fields on a layout, you may want the last name to be close to the first name, no matter the size of both. How do you accomplish this?
MERGE FIELDS
- How do you create a MERGE FIELD?
You create an ordinary TEXT OBJECT (NOT a FIELD OBJECT) and then tell FM to merge different field values into the text.
- What is the downside to MERGE FIELDS?
They’re for DISPLAY ONLY, users cannot get into a MERGE FIELD and change its contents.
- How do you tell FM to merge different field values into the text? For example, to put the First and Last names together on a new layout, you create a TEXT OBJECT like this:
Less than less than FIRST NAME more than more than
Less than less than LAST NAME more than more than
- How do you put First and Last names in a MERGE FIELD?
TEXT TOOL
Choose INSERT->MERGE FIELD
Select FIRST NAME FIELD, click OK
Type a SINGLE SPACE to separate the first and last name
Choose INSERT->MERGE FIELD again and choose the LAST NAME FIELD.
- How should you set the CITY, STATE, PHONE, & EMAIL ADDRESS in a MERGE FIELD?
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