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Displaying Percentage of Records Within a Sub-Summary Part

Recently on the Forum, someone asked if it was possible on a sub-summary report, to display the percentage of records contained within that sub summary part. Having never needed this functionality before, I decided to investigate how this might be done. What I came up with is a fairly simple and straightforward way to implement this. Read the Full Article Here…
Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood

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Showing a Sub-Summary Part In-Line With Your Records

A sub-summary report, is a special kind of report where records are grouped together by a specified field known as the "break" field (because it acts as a break between groups of similar records). Normally, the break between parts happens above your records, but there is a way in which to have the break "appear" to be beside your records instead… Read the Full Article Here…
Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood

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Keeping Things Organised by Using Separators

There are four main areas of your database where you can use special separator lines to help keep information organised, these are Scripts, Layouts, Value Lists & Custom Menus. This article will go through each and explain how to use them, and why they are a good idea to use. Read the Full Article Here…
Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood

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A Lightning Fast Alternative to the Count() Function

The count function allows you to produce a count of the number of records through a relationship. However what may be less clear is that in order to achieve this, every record must be downloaded to the client computer, making the process very slow over a wide area connection. There is, however, an alternative to count in this situation which is almost instantaneous, this article explains how... Read the Full Article Here…
Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood

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Let me Tell You 'Bout Let

The Let function is one of the most brilliant and underrated functions in FileMaker, and I think it should be used whenever and wherever possible. This article will give an introduction to the function, some possible scenarios when it should be used, and give an example as to it's use. Read the Full Article Here…
Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood

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Creating a Graphics table for your User Interface

Building layouts in FileMaker can involve adding a number of various elements such as fields, buttons, portals, tab controls, and graphics such as jpg and png images. It is the use of images on layouts that this article is all about. Read the Full Article Here…
Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood

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Using an Offscreen Window to do a Scripts Work

This is a simple technique that I use all the time and find works very reliably. It involves having a script create a new window into which the script executes it's necessary steps, before closing it when done. Read the Full Article Here…
Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood

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