Button, Popovers, Button Bars, SVG Icons

I am experimenting with the use of popovers on a coin database I keep. Refer to Image 1: I have added 2 popover buttons, one in the bottom right-hand corner of the first coin and the second on the bottom left-hand corner of the second coin shown in the database. The first button, when clicked, is designed show an enlarged picture of Bluey while the second button, when clicked, is designed to show an enlarged picture of King Charles III. At the moment, when I click either button, I do get a popover with the enlarged image – but not the size/location I want (See Database). Here is my wish: when either button is clicked, I want the popover to cover exactly the…

I have a small database called RECIPES. On each record is a container field called IMAGE where I upload a small image of the created recipe. I would like to show a larger image of the one in this field. I downloaded a file called popoveContainerDEMO (attached) to show me how to do it. I installed a popover button on the RECIPES database and named it "Enlarge Image" as seen on the attached RECIPES database. HOWEVER, when I click on the Enlarge Image button to display the popover and then try to drag an image to the popover, the image does not load. It works for the demo file I downloaded - but not on my database. Can someone please help me with this. Frank popoveC…

I know that you can double all the segments, and then hide them accordingly to the wished. But the issue I have with it, is that you might hide the "active" by doing so. Exists a scriptstep that actively changes the state of the now appearing segment? I guess on the other hand - that the CSS behind the button bar, can be hacked to perform this little feature. Only I'm not aware of how to do so? I attach the template I trying this teqnique on, and the idea was that the icon changed when double-clicking on the desired segment buttonbar sort.fmp12

Hi. (Being an interface matter, I assume this is the correct forum to place it into.) I am looking to setup 'toastr'-style notification boxes as found in this link by CodeSeven. I have seen a few mentions of people having done it but been unable to contact them or see any working examples. It's the implementation of JS into Filemaker that has eluded me. Has anybody got any working examples of doing this please? Greg

I use radio buttons vertically (0, 1, 2, 3...), and another field (a merge one) with the choose function to show the "tag". Is there a way to do the same but horizontally? The problem is that horizontally it shows the values from the value list. I make the text color match the the color of the background, and I does the trick. Is there a better way?

The button in the video (Add Alert Trigger) is grouped with the plus sign. Both are svg's and neither is set to display a background (square/gray) on press, hover, etc.. Anything I can do to keep the ugly gray square from showing behind the icon(s) when pressed? I've tried "Freeze" as well with no luck. Click_Background.mp4

In the attached video you'll see a popover flicker upon opening (via popover button). There's no script trigger set nor any other reason I can identify for the flicker. I created a standard button (second click) which only does a Go To Object (opening the same popover window) yet this time the popover does not flicker. Thoughts? Popover_Flicker.mp4

This must be listed in a million places, but I can't find it. I know in the new Filemaker you have to hit tab to edit a button. What if you wanted to edit the graphics and styles on a whole bunch of buttons? You can't use tab and shift or command. If you do, it doesn't select all the buttons for editing. What's the trick? Let's say I have five buttons and they're all grey with black text. How do I make them all green with white text? Thank you fritz

Now when I add .SVG icons, the preview in the picker is tiny, versus in the past, the preview would be full frame. See attached examples to illustrate what I mean. I'm (knowingly) doing nothing different, been making custom .svg icons for many years, never had this issue. This only changed when I upgraded my computer, also Adobe Illustrator has been updated... I've checked the code, and I do not see anything different between the two files. Somehow the thumbnail is effected during creation, and not represented in the lines of code? The icon works perfectly, just the preview in the picker is off, and its is more of an OCD pet peeve at the moment. Thanks for any h…

I don't know what the feature is called so I don't know where to look for help. I created a new database using FileMaker's template, Contacts. After leaving the cursor on the field "State" a label pops up. I don't know what this feature is called so I don't know where to go to change it. I changed the name of the field to "Province" and also changed the place holder to Province, but the label still pops up saying "State." How do I change this to say "Province" - Thanks!

I am not sure if this is possible and I cannot find information on it. I have several records and I want to flip between form view and list view which I can do. Is it possible to have two buttons (form and list) and place them on top of each other? When I press 'list' it will show list view but the form button. Then when I press the form button it will display the form view and the 'list' button. Thanks.

Is there any way to have a script trigger on a checkbox that allows the X to show in the box before the trigger activates please? I have tried the following on 'OnObjectEnter' and all the others, but the dialogue comes up before the X appears in the box. Thanks.

I have a popover with two panels. Both have container fields for images stored external. I'd like to capture the filename saved as and thought this would work. I'm not getting expected results. I've put this into my IMAGE NAME field as auto enter calculation assuming it'll populate when I add the full size image to container.

I am a newbie and trying to use the standard email script with a button. It works once and then when I try again it will not open a new email window in Mac Mail. I am using FMP19. I note that there are options in the button set up and mine seems to default to "Pause current Script". Is this the issue or something else? This is a screenshot of the basic script I am using and it only opens my mail folder and not a new email. Using GMail on FireFox I have opened my Mac Mail to use with FileMaker Pro 19. Any assistance will be appreciated. Thank you.

Here is a navigational button bar menu: Log | Billing | Accounts | Resources Log opens a new layout, Billing opens a new layout, Accounts opens a new window, resources opens a new layout. The 'active' button segment works fine for all of these except Accounts, which upon opening a new window the Accounts button segment remains the active segment. I would like it to be the Log segment, since once the new window is closed the menu is now incorrectly identifying the environment of the previous window. I am assuming a script trigger could reset this, but I'm not sure what should trigger it; and my main question is 'What is the best way to handle this?'

Hi all. I'm working on a project that utilizes touch screen monitors and I am wanting to find the most efficient way of scripting an on-screen keyboard for users to enter data when prompted. The typical QWERTY keyboard with backspace, left/right arrows, Enter, etc. If possible, if someone could direct me on how to script a single letter (say, "Q"), spacebar and Backspace I should be able to figure out the rest. Many thanks.

Curious if there is a solution to this problem I'm having.... I would prefer to use a Button Bar over a standard Button. But, a Button Bar has an Active State that holds hierarchy over Hover State, which makes the Dial Up/Down Button in the attached sample file "appear" to not work correctly. Is is possible to somehow override the Active State so Hover State works properly? Thank you for any help! 😃 sample_button_bar.fmp12

I am a newbee. I installed the inventory platform to place my household inventory should I ever have a homeowners fire insurance claim. I have a field called "Location" where it produces a dropdown where one of the items is called "Office." See photo attached. I retired and have no further need of an office and would like change its name to "Hobby Room." I tried going into Fields>File>Manage Database and Manage Fields both in the regular and edit fields without success. See photo. I appreciate the help and thank you in advance.

I'm trying to add a popover onto a popover on an iOS layout. On the original popover, the user has buttons they can choose from. Some users, especially new ones, may need an explanation as to what a button does. I want to avoid clutter for experienced users, so instead of providing an explanation directly on the original popover, I want to add a "?" button that opens a 2nd a popover that provides an explanation. The 2nd popover that I have added onto the original one does not open, but does open when I move it off of the popover. Is it just not possible to do this? If so, does anyone have a better idea? Thank you! I am using FileMaker Pro 18 Advanced I have…

Hi there, I'm a FM beginner and would like to know how I can show a searchable dropdown. When I create a product, I need to select a supplier from a large list. I would like to tyoe some characters, from where I find a value in the dropdown. As far as I see now, that isn't possible and the only way to do this is through a popover. But my question is then, how to show a full table in the popover, from which I can select a value, which is filled in my form.

Hi All, Need help with a basic button bar to navigate between layouts : 3 buttons, single step is Go To Layout A or B or C. The navigation to each layout is OK. What I can't figure out is why the blue wording is the button bar does not always stay highlighted. When I return to the layout (after having closed a card window) I include a Refresh Window step and that seems to help for that specific issue. I would love your advice on a better method to make sure the layout that I am in stays highlighted in the button bar. Thanks

Hello, Is it possible to make a slider bar field control like the attached image in filemaker 18? I only found a request feature 5 years back https://community.claris.com/en/s/idea/0870H000000fy9IQAQ/detail Thanks,

When adding a "button setup" to a text label, how can one control the different states (pressed, hover) styling. FMP creates a group item that includes the text label, but there is no 'button' item to modify, just the 'group' item which has no states. When clicking the label, a 'greyed out' overlay is added to the group including the label text color. This is what I would like to remove. Hover Pressed (mouse click)

I'm trying to import SVG icons from FontAwesome for use as button bar icons in FileMaker, but I can't get them to work. I'm using FM 16 Advanced. When I try to add them to the FM button bar icon screen, they show up as empty. Here's the SVG text. Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 640 512"> <g class="fm_fill"> <path d="M448,224a32,32,0,1,0,32,32A32.03667,32.03667,0,0,0,448,224ZM240,128a31.99908,31.99908,0,0,0-32-32H24A23.99993,23.99993,0,0,0,0,120v16a24.00118,24.00118,0,0,0,24,24H86.23828l55.32227,56.94922-10.79493.98047a38.22631,38.22631,0,0,0,0,76.13867l10.79688.98…

Can anyone advise to put me in the right direction. I will try to explain what I am trying to do. I have attached a screenshot of a projects i'm trying to build as you can see from the image attached I have buttons they are in rows red gold yellow blue ect. if I choose the row morphology I would need to choose one of the option in the top row and so on until I reach the bottom. Each row I have created a table and a field I am trying to get it so that when I click on the buttons data will be entered into the field IE: if I do The Morphology Row the data entered on what button I have chosen. How would I go about this I am a bit new to this any help would…

Please can you help? I am trying to use a button to enter data into a field. I have a field name survey type I have three buttons survey 1, survey 2, survey 3, if I press survey 3 then I want that to be the data entered into the field. How can this be done any help would be grateful.

Hello, An SVG newbie here. I would like to use animated SVG icons, but I am having trouble using them. From what I can tell, they can only be imported onto a button - not directly on a layout - and whilst it displays on the button, it does not animate. On that point, is it possible to place it on a layout through the likes of a web viewer perhaps? I'm on a Mac (OS is High Sierra 10.13.6) running FMPA 18.0.3 and wondering if this platform may be the issue. I've seen mention about IE and Edge being a problem, but not Mac. I've not found anything through Google on how these are used in Filemaker. Can I get a hand please? Greg

I'm trying to capture the action of a user clicking outside a popover to dismiss it instead of using escape or a close button. I have a field in the popover that has a onObjectExit script trigger to perform a find. I have it setup to exit the script if they type Escape, or to show a custom dialog if nothing is entered into the find field and they type the enter key. My problem is that I want to subvert the dialog if they just click out of the field onto the layout (slide Panel), but I see no way to capture this action. "Get ( ActiveLayoutObjectName )" doesn't work because they're not clicking into anything that would trigger that.

Hi all, I have a pretty simple navigation scheme with six buttons that are attached to this script: Go to Layout (Get (ScriptParameter)) I pass the name of the layout as the script parameter and it takes me to the corresponding layout. This works for five buttons, but one refuses to do anything. I've been tearing my hair out and squinting at the screen, trying to find a typo in the script parameter or the layout name, even deleted and carefully retyped, but it all looks good to me. The only thing that was different is the fact that I've added that particular layout after the button was already on the other layouts, but I can't see how tha…

I may be chasing rainbows, but is it possible to change the label/name inside a popover button using a variable (local or global)? I tried and failed, and was just wondering whether it's ignorance on my part of an available technique or it's just the way they are, i.e., statically assigned. Thanks! Rich

Greets, all: I have a popover in a filtered portal (same child table but filtered on Court Number) where, when clicked, appears so a user can edit that child record's info. The problem is, the popover button only appears in the first portal row; I looked in FileMaker Pro's Help entry online but it doesn't make mention of this. Am I missing something or this is normal behavior? If it is normal, is there a quick-'n'-dirty workaround? TIA for your help, Rich

I have a couple of layouts (dialogs) that are invoked through a script with any number of button bars on them. One button would cancel the script/layout dialog, another would OK it and then there's buttons that change settings. In order for this to work I pause the script indefinitely, in a loop and check which button gets pressed. I then take action accordingly (ie, if the cancel button is pressed I exit the loop). To do this each button on the button bar needs to have the option "Resume Current Script" enabled. So I've checked this was so by opening the Button Bar Setup dialog and walking through the various buttons to check the setting is enabled. It didn't work …

is there anyway to show tooltip on button

Hi Everyone Can someone tell me if this is possible? I have a dashboard which displays services due, services outstanding, completed services and faults outstanding. What I want to do is put a little "badge" on the buttons displaying the amount of records showing in the portal related. I have no idea where to start. I have attached some images and also my relationship view. Thanks in advanced!

I have a list (not in a portal) and a button at the end of each row. The button is to delete the entry if required. The button shows up on every list entry and clutters up the look. How can I get the button to only show for the selected record in the list please? Thanks.

Hi all, I am sure this is a simple question for must of you, but for the life of me i have looked at different samples and cannot get it to work. I would like to create a new record from a popover. I started by creating a script with "New Record/Request" step. then i assigned the script to "OnObjectEnter" script trigger to the popover itself, the script does create the new record but the popover does not pop. What I am doing wrong. Yes, once i get this part to work i plan to add over actions e.g. what happens is "cancel" is press, or is the users closes the popover.

I have a Button Bar and I have different buttons.... in One Button I need to Print but it is a choice of 3 different things... So I started a script with a custom dialog and I can get the first one to print or the last but I cannot get the script so that I can click on the selection and just that one print it trys to print all three of just the one....

Hi folks, Is there any way that a developer can get the associated action of a button without physically checking the buttons in layout mode? To see whether or not the button has an action. If it has, then is it single script step or a script (what is the script name)? Warm regards, Regards.

Is there a way to show the hand cursor for a popover button? I've a lot of buttons on a layout - one of them a popover button - and I want it to behave like the others. FM Advanced 14, FM Server 15, macOS High Sierra 10.13.1.

hi again, I know is something simple but don't seem to be able to figure it out. Once I setup a button and add a "Optional script parameter", if I want to make a change or double check on the parameter I have to disable the assigned script and reassigned it again. Is there a way to check an existing parameter or make changes to an existing parameter on a button . Thanks JMart

I have a portal within a tab. Each portal row has a button bar. The buttons open popovers associated with the portal row context. If I change the layout of the popover, the associated button bar on the portal often disassociates from the portal row and jumps onto the tab surface. At that point it only shows in one portal row (the first), since it is back one layer. I have had a big problem getting it back where it belongs, sticking to the portal surface. I have dragged it out to a clean non-tab surface, I have tried copy pasting it back into place, moving it up down with the mouse, bringing various surfaces and objects forward and back, etc. Only recrea…

Hey everyone, I love how open the Filemaker Community is, and how much is shared freely, so I wanted to contribute. I created a database to manage SVG icons. The icons are all royalty free provided by Syncfusion and there are about 4,000 icons, all with search tags to make finding them super easy. You can find out more about the file, and download it here: http://www.indats.com/2015/06/15/indats-icon-manager/ Please let me know any feedback you have on the file, thanks!

FMP 15 Adv. I am having a lot of trouble working with Popovers, placing objects in Popovers and formatting Popovers. When I move an object into a layout, I can’t resize the popover to fit around the object. Sometimes the object disappears and bring to front does not bring it back. Also, focus on the popover is always turning off and re-seleting it is very difficult. You can’t just click on it. I have to repreatedly keep clicking. Any suggestions or good references?

Hi guys Hoping for some intellectual input from those more experienced than I. I am trying to create a "portable tick box" By this I mean a script that I can attach to any field to make it a tick box So far I have created a number field and set it to display all non zero values as a tick. I have then attached a scriptrigger which runs a script on entering the field The script is as follows: Set Field by Name [Get (ActiveFieldTableName)& ::" & get (ActiveFieldName);Abs (Get (ActiveFieldName)& "::" & get (ActiveFieldName)-1)] This way if the field is empty it will be set to 1 and if it isn't it will be set to zero. …

Hi All, In the attached file in BD Demo, in layout Prospects All and Tab *Prospects All*. I have tried to follow an existing script, so when you you applied a *Filter* you can then click on the Side Button which should then take you to the next Tab, which will present the information based on that entry, in the respective tags. This is at present a Demo I am trying to work up, the data is at present all messed up as the people compiling the data screwed up filtering / sorting in Excel. I can get all other scripts to work except this one. Would appreciate some help in where I have gone wrong, so I can learn, I have searched on the web but cant fine any examp…

Any changes to the Button Bar when it comes to Active Button in Focus?

I have a layout where it shows a Person's information (name address etc), and it includes a Tab Control that lists all the dogs that are related to (owned by ) that particular person. I want to be able to click on a button that allows the user to add a new dog that is connected to the person showing. I have a Dog Details layout, I just need to pass the person key/information to the Dog Details layout so the dog is automatically added to that person. I've attached a screenshot of the Person Details layout with the Tab Control, and the Dog Details layout, where I'd like to have the Owner field automatically filled in when added a new dog. In my button control…

If you wish to add a new icon into your button or button bar setup using the '+', you may have noticed that it does not stick in a served file. When you close out and go back in, the new icon has again disappeared. One must unserve the file and add it locally. However, I just discovered that if you add the icon into a local button or button bar then copy the button bar and paste it into the served file, it appears for selection in other buttons in the served file and remains even if you then delete the pasted button bar back out. This has been useful, not only in adding new icons, but keeping a button bar with all icons is a quick way to add your favorites into an…

we can script " go or set fields" with our specified calculations , is it possible to set object with our calculation example set field we do calculation is there any set object

When I open my solution in FMP16, any button that has an assigned to as script is now 'grouped.' This is locking me out of making any design changes to the buttons without ungrouping and re-assigning the button. Once I re-assign the script the button it that becomes grouped again. Ugh! When I open the same solution in FMP15 I do not experience any of these issues. BTW I am using the Classic Theme. Had anyone experience this problem and found a solution?

Hi people, I am at a total loss here so any help appreciated! New to using popovers hence my question: a button/script that sits 'within' a popover panel then accesses a named object which allows creation of a service/product with a price on it. Problem: the price is in $ and I want £ ... BUT I can't then get that object up in layout mode to format currency as it disappears when I access layout mode! I seem to be able to access the initial popover ok and have changed currency on that one but this has really got me! Heeeelp! Many thanks in advance. Cheers

Hi all I was wondering if the new card window implementation (fm16)has any implication in choosing a popover or a card for displaying data. Any advantage in using any of them? Regards. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi, Got a real strange issue.... My button bars look fine, slightly offset, but fine on the desktop version... But as soon as I look on FM Go, one of the text boxes just floats away? - I have tried moving it around and changing the size and i just get the same issue but with different buttons? See images... Thanks

Sanity check here...I want to use a popover with a portal to help a user select from a long list of choices in Find Mode. Apparently, I cannot do that. I've tried to populate a global in the parent table and use a relationship with the global on the left to display related children in the portal. Nothing shows. I then switched to a virtual list of choices where the $$vlist is populated by SQL. $$vlist has data..portal shows nothing. Is Find Mode unable to use such a technique? I did follow Kevin Frank's tutorial on conditional value lists in Find Mode. That works wonderfully, except my first popup is too long -- really need that picker!

FM 15 Adv. The Button Setup in the Inspector and in Format/Button Setup is not working. I cannot set it up for a Single Step. Each time I try, it reverts to "no action" setting. It sometimes does this when I set it to run a script. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Ok probably like a lot of folks that post here, I'm a beginner... I am having some issues exporting to xlsx files in relation to my value lists. Basically, I have foreign keys going in to text-fields, using the pop up menu for translation. However, when I go to run exports, the pop-up menus don't override the foreign keys. At this point I'm sort of at a loss, as I've come up with very little on the Google machine, in regards to this type of situation. I've tried every way I can think of to change my relationship set ups, but the dynamic nature of the value list is the only option that seems to fit my scenario. Is there some type of script, calculation field o…

Hi everyone, I have 3 objects on a layout. I want to hide two, when their name is not in a global variable, aka they are not needed to show. Wrecking my head but can't find a way to do this, because I can't seem to get the name of the button from the button. Any ideas? Thanks, Agi

Hi, Is there a way to have popover button within a popover button? when I have tried this and double click to open it in layout mode the tool options open but not the button itself. Can anyone help or advice me what I am doing wrong?

For a solution I would like on-screen help. I was thinking about using sequential popovers, taking a user in logical steps through elements and functions on a layout. Much like one would often see when using an iPhone/Android/web application for the first time. I have gotten as far as putting some (invisible) popover buttons on a layout. I have given their popover balloon a layoutobjectname, so I can use Go To Object to call and show them. I call the first one directly with a (visible) "Help" button. The problem I run into is that I would like to be able to navigate from one balloon to the next (or previous) one in a logical, sequential order. Sure, I can put a butto…

Hi, Some understanding please ... I use png images because Filemaker honors the "Transparency" of the image. SVG I am not allow in certain part of the "Solutions". My issue is; the "png" image looks great until I print or goto the web ? Then it pixelates ? My png images are down loaded for example 128 x 128 then I resize to 20 x 20. And it still pixelates. Customers give me simple "Logo's" yet when we print they just look awful. So, is there an image file I can use across my solution where Filemaker honors the "Transparency" of the image yet doesn't pixelate when I choose "Print" or goto "Web" ? Thank you.

This breaks in 14.0v6 OS 10.11.5 but works when I open it in 15. So this is just a 'heads up' for folks still in version 14 who might use button bars with Hide and popovers. I have a two-button button bar where one button will hide depending upon Type. I provide a 'X close' on the popover for User convenience but when the User switches records, the cursor remains on the button so it does NOT hide and displays both buttons. It only does this if I use a 'X close' popover. I believe my only option is, if I plan to hide a button on a button bar AND provide a 'X close popover' then I will need to script closing the popover so I can include another action such as…

I have a layout that is being designed for use on an iPad, and have a value list for a record type. For a desktop implementation, I would use radio boxes to choose the value. However, they are too small for what I need for the iPad. I would like to create a button that acts like a radio box, most likely based on scripting, however my attempts at doing so with SetField have not worked. Is what I am attempting to do possible, and if so, any pointers on correct programming for these buttons?

I want to be able to create a popover that when pressing a specific key it exits to a certain script. This is in a layout where a part is looked up. A variable has been create with the following Set variable [$Gnumber;Value:""] which then displays in a popover which I want the user to enter the number and then press a certain key (like F8 or F9) which then runs a script that assigns that variable to perform a find in the database. My issue is how do I test for certain keystrokes in an easy way, what codes are assigned to function keys or even the enter key? Thanks Paul

I'm using FM Advanced 14.0.1 and this strange button appears at the bottom of my pop-us and then disappears. It's inconsistent and only occurs on some of my pop-ups, but not all. Has anyone seen anything like this?

I've got some text and a button that I'd like to make visible only if a condition is met. I've set the text to a color to match the background if the condition is not met. The button is a small graphic (an email icon) that I pasted into the layout. Is there any way to do this in FM 12? I know it can be done in 14, but we're not ready to upgrade for a few months yet.

Hello peeps, I'm just getting to grips with Filemaker 14, skipped 13 so this is the first time I've had the opportunity to play with the popovers which I've been much looking forward to. I have to admit that I'm a little surprised that data entry hasn't been made much easier with the advent of popovers. Creating a data entry interface is certainly easier and looks good too, but the process of entering new record criteria and confirming or cancelling the process is much the same. Currently I use global fields to place on a popover and when data entry is confirmed scripts will: Copy the entered data to a new record, field by field Clear all global fields used for entry…

Hi please can someone let me know if this is possible. would a popover button work within a popover??? Thanks,

Hi is this that usually happens, i created a popover but when i open it it moves all the way to the left blocking the button, i want it to display next to the button like it does in layout mode, please can someone help me out achieve this. another question is it possible to display the over the size i want it to be on the top or bottom or do i have to go with the way it was design and just strech it evenly not let say have 1 cm on top and m10 on the bottom. please can someone holp me out with this.

On FMP GO on and iPhone 6plus and a iPad, both with the latest IOS, sometimes the fields / buttons on the popover do not display. Please see attached. Any ideas as to why? On the sample below. I closed the file and then reopened and the navigation buttons were visible. The same has happened on the Character and More Popovers.

Hello, In my table I have text fields "ABC", "DEF", "GHI". I have these fields on a layout and have set each field as a button that runs a script. The script needs to return the field name (GetFieldName?) and change the contents of the field based on the existing contents of the field when the button is clicked (Case function). How do I let my script know which button (field) has been pressed? Thanks in advance, Ben

Would anyone happen to know how to set the background color of a popup? I understand that it might be defined as part of the theme. But the theme my project was assigned during its FM11 to FM14 upgrade is Classic ... and I've read that Classic can't—or shouldn't be—changed. A picture of what I'm after is shown below ... and thanks for any help on this.

Ok dumb question. I have looked and looked. I can not make a popover show that little round x which shows when in layout mode. I have seen some solutions which have it when in browse mode but I cannot find how to make it show. It must be looking right at me the answer I mean but I can not find the setting for it. I can not find a 'show round x on popover' anywhere. please help out an ignoramus.

Is it possible to dynamically set a FM .svg icon? ex. case value = 0; svgIconStarWHITE; svgIconStarBLACK Looking to take advantage of the new .svg feature. I'm currently just using character "charms" to accomplish this. Using the data formatting "boolean" option, show zero ☆ ; non zero ★ But this is limited to a small group of silly characters and most don't have a comparable black vs. white version. For example, I would like to use a heart icon but can't using charms. Any ideas on this? Thanks

Helpful information for adding your own SGV icons https://fmhelp.filemaker.com/docs/14/en/svg/

Hi there, Is there a way to determine the name of an object from within conditional formatting and or script parameters? Example: I have a number of buttons that all have object names. When I click on the button I just want to pass the object name as a script parameter. All the best,

So I am mocking up vertical navigation bar to the left and have a slide panel to the right ( kind of like a left tab panel ) So each button is static text & icon, and each button targets one script and passes a parameter, to go to the desired slide panel. Some times I have to switch layouts and on return script I target the correct slide panel but now trying to target the corresponding active segment - but it appears that it it requires each segment to be named too? I feel like I am repeating myself to many times button is named the ( no point in making it 'dynamic' since the text has to correspond to the icon ) script parameter is named - buried one level deep i…

Doing some particular actions in my DB will bring up a dialog box with an instruction or warning. Now I want to create such a box with one of the clickable buttons being programmed so it opens to a specific record, and always that specific record. Preferably this opens in a new window in the same DB. FYI the record will be in the same layout that is already open. I can however, not find how to do this. Any help would be appreciated.

I don't know about you, but when I first saw the Button Bar demoed, I figured it was just a quick, handy way to add a group of individual, potentially but not necessarily related, buttons, and keep them conveniently grouped. Nice, but nothing special; I was a bit underwhelmed! In fact, believing it to be only a convenience thing, I figured that I might even get in the habit of adding "single-segment" button bars in lieu of traditional buttons (with the added bonuses of calculated labels, available only for button bars, as well as being able to switch between action and popover buttons). Turns out the button bar is a somewhat different animal, in ways that make it ideal…

Simple question, is there a way to export the icon files to be used on FM13? Thanks.

You can also style a single segment button bar as a button that does nothing with a calculation for the label, then style it to match a field or text on the layout and use it for layout level calculations with out the need to add a calculation to the schema.

Anyone tried popovers yet? Mine seem a bit buggy on win 64.... Pressing the popover button sometimes doesnt work or there is a delay showing the popover Also a button in the popover to close the popover does not appear to work either.

Hi, How to create new record from the popover button? I have customer layout which has City field with drop down selection, I want to create a popover button beside so that user can instantly add city incase the city is not listed on the dropdown list. It has table relationship as well. One to many relationship with One for City Table ( CityID - Primary Key) and Many for Customer Table ( CityID - foreign key). Please advice, Thank you.

I'm writing a database to control quotes, the main related tables are... Customers Quotes [join table] Jobs I have also created one more table called "DASHBOARD" with one record and one ID field which is locked, i.e. you can't create anymore records. On the DASHBOARD layout I have a TAB CONTROL, each tab has a portal showing my quotes [pulled from join table] filtered by a statues field such as... Waiting to quote Chasing Lost Won Dead The Status of each quote is qualified by a drop-down, pulling from a defined list, additionally there is a date field informing me when to chase the customer again, which has another calculating days up to and passed the chase date. …

Hello there, I am trying to setup a notification system using slider controls that when I add a new record on my internal "notification/warnings" table it will show up on one specific user window, to show or not the slider I am using a field inside a portal, if it is set to yes it will show the notification slider, otherwise it will go to an empty slider, ok there. When I change that field on my side, how do I force the window on that other side to refresh so it pops the notification "instantly" there saying that the new record is added? Is there a way to for user window refresh server side? Usualy it will only refresh when the user does something that asks for the re…

Hello, I made a button to set field with getNth. Is there a way to make this button perform the same function for another field? edit: actually, I made a script that performs all of this, just trying to get the button to perform the script :)

Greetings FM community and thank you for your time  Here's a newbie question from someone who really wants to learn!  On a "sales" layout, that's associated with a "sales" table, I'd like to have a portal on the left that displays the "types" (table) of "products" (table) available. For instance, "shakes", "bars", or "items".  Each product has a type, and depending on the selected button in the first portal of the sales layout, I'd like to display the products of this type in a second portal, located beside the first portal. For now, not much success, but I suspect it's the relationships that are wrong.  Any help helps!  Thanks in advance Â

Is there a way to make a popover open with a script? I see a "Close Popover" script step, but I don't see one for opening a popover. I'm trying to make a window pop up for creating a new record when someone clicks on a link in the Virtual List Sidebar Menu I've got going. Maybe I'm supposed to just use a floating window for that? I want a window where someone clicks in the menu, the window pops up, and they have to deal with it – either filling out the form, or cancelling – before they can move on with anything else. I'm thinking maybe it can't be done because...where you going to stick the popover in layout mode? But if I can't do that, what's next? Floating window? M…

I am working on a patient record DB. Â To simplify text entry, I have a related Template table with fields displayed by a portal. Â This relationship is global with: Â Pt Record::key('1') ---->Template::key('1') Â I want to provide the ability to quickly move blocks of text from a history text field to the Template text field to create a new template. Â To do this, I have a popover that contains a portal to the Template table. Â I hoped to be able to simply copy text, open the popover to a new Template record in the portal, Â paste text, close and move on, Â but I could not get this to work. Â Thinking that it was a problem with the relationship, I created a s…

HI all, I have a table called "locations". That table has an (int) ID (string) Location Name and (int) valid. I am using that table as the basis for a couple of popup menu "values from" lists. I can't see anywhere in FM the option to create a custom value list. What I need to do is for one of the popup menus, only include values where the valid field = 1. in SQL terms it would be select * from locations where valid = 1. Other popup lists on there will need all of the rows, regardless of their valid setting. As far as I can see, there is only the ability to include ALL rows of a table or a custom list of hard-typed values. Many thanks

I have a pesky problem with trying to implement popovers to replace some older picker popups. I have created a popover, and attached an OnObjectEnter script trigger and an OnObjectExit script trigger (to the popover itself, not the button). The OnObjectEnter script sets some variables to prepare the popover for portal data selection. This works fine. The OnObjectExit script trigger clears the variables. I have a Cancel button on the popover that executes Close Popover command, which triggers the OnObjectExit script trigger to clear variables. This works fine. The problem is when you click the popover button itself again. I've noted the default behavior…

I'm using a "does nothing" button as a status indicator. Basically, if the value of a given related record field is zero, the button is hidden, and if the value is one, the button is not hidden. I specify this under "Hide object when" under the button's behavior. I noticed that when I browse to a particular record in the layout, the button displays OK. However, if I change the value of the related record field, the button does not automatically change state. I.e., if the value is 0, and I change it to 1, the button does not display automatically, and similarly, if the value is 1 and I change it to 0, the button does not hide automatically. If I browse to a dif…

I think I'm constructing a Rube Goldberg-esque solution to my problem. Here's the application domain. I have a table of records that correspond to patent applications, which are commonly referred to as matters. A matter can claim (but does not have to) immediate priority to one and only one other matter. However, more than one matter can claim priority to the same matter, and a matter that has matter(s) which claim priority to it can itself claim priority to a matter. When a matter claims priority to another matter, this means that the former matter is of lower priority than the latter matter. I realize this is confusing, so here's a concrete example that I've be…

hello everyone, in my format I have set a popover through which you can create new records, and in this case, enter the identity of new contacts (name, surname). my problem is when I want to see the new contact in the portal of the format ... portal remains empty even though the records are properly stored in the related table. you will find the file attached in order to have a clearer overview. popover data entry.fmp12.zip

Hi There, I need some help with performing a calculation on a field in a table based on the contents of another field in the same table. The field I want base my calculation on is call Status whose content comes from a radio button set in a layout. The radio button set has three options Outstanding, Won and Lost. So I created a field called Outstanding set Type to Calculation and inserted the calculation: Case(Status = "Outstanding";1;0). When I display the field in a report all the rows show the value as 0 when at least 50% of the should display 1 and the Status field displays one of the three options. Then when I modified the calculation to use a di…

Hi All, I am trying to hide a button unless a certain privilege set is used, however, when I try to enter a calculation ( I tried to use Get ( AccountPrivilegeSetName ) ≠ [Full Access] ) it comes up with errors. Clearly I am doing this wrong, but I cannot find anything that gives me a guide as to what I am expected to do. Can anyone tell me how I can achieve this? Cheers

I have a script I would like to execute with a button click. The script works fine, but I would like to pass two variables into the script. I'm not sure how to do this, but I've been trying to use the Specify Calculation to do this. The following is the script: I would like to replace the fun and the 000000 with information from the database. Could anyone point me in the correct direction, or provide a hint for me. do shell script "osascript NewFromTemplatePlaceImage.scpt fun 000000" Regards,

Hello, thank you for your help. I'm new to FileMaker, after only recently learning Excel, so please bear with me. I'm working on building a database for my eBay inventory (many different items), which I will be uploading to eBay's bulk uploading system called File Exchange in .csv format. I'm pretty far along, but I'm stumped on this issue I'm having... Many of the categories that eBay offers allows sellers to upload ads using a 'standard format' template of feilds that determine the content of the published ad. However, some categories, such as clothing, CDs, and DVDs, require 'category-specific' templates, which have added fields that examine specific details o…

I have a home screen which contains 11 buttons. The top button is visible to all. The top 7 buttons are visible to those users in a Priviledge Set called 'Office_Admin' All 11 buttons are visible to those users in a Priviledge Set called 'Sys_Admin' Can anyone please help me understand the logic for the 'Hide object when' property for each set of controls based on the user's priviledge set? Thanks Martin

I am looking for a way to avoid the user to close a popup without clicking a button in the popover (thereby running a script) so I can use the popover for data entry. My searching capabilities seem a bit lacking today, as I couldn't find any previous discussions on this topic. I've come up with a solution, but I thought I'd check here and see if anyone had any input or a better way to do this. My solution: I created a script "Abort Click-out" The script is simply: If [ Get ( ScriptParameter ) = ""] Exit Script [Result: False] End If Then, in the popover, I do a script trigger of: OnObjectExit: Abort Click-out; Parameter: Get(ScriptName) In this way,…

I have encountered a problem that I can't explain or work around.  I am using FileMaker Pro Advanced 13.  I have a global field on a table (glbClients). I also have a value list (Client Code and Name) that displays the Client Code as the first field and the Client name as the second field.  I have a layout based on the Client table. On this layout, I am displaying the glbClients Field with a Popup Menu that uses the "Client Code and Name" popup menu.  There is a On Modify script trigger on the glbClient field that runs a script that finds the appropriate client code.  The problem: The Global field with the Popup Menu is not always displaying c…