Button, Popovers, Button Bars, SVG Icons

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