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I have a solution that tracks client visits so there are multiple client records (the same client ID). In a report format I need to be able to list the clients only once, which I can do with a sub summary part, but I also need to be able to count the clients and only count like clients once. Example: I have 5 clients with ID 1234, 5 with ID 1111, 2 with 1212 and 1 with 4444. With them all listed in a report sub summary I only see them once, but the count and summary count all occurrences of all clients. Using a count and count summary field I get 13 and I want 4. Any ideas how to do that?

I'm building a little kiosk/runtime for providing feedback to an employee. I have hit a couple snags. Just to confirm: 1. When using a runtime or kiosk mode solution, the option to create a pdf is NON-functional (because of licensing, etc) 2. Question, is that the only way to email a form from within my solution?

When ever i open fm9 it gives this error message, its only open on one computer. Their isn't another user. filmaker_error.bmp

Running my ddr crashes in FMPA 11 but is fine with 10 and 9. Any ideas?

Hi, I am using FMP 11 Advanced and my app works fine within Filemaker. I have created a Windows Runtime which also works fine. However, I have created a MAC OS Runtime (.APP)which seems to work fine until I try to quit the application (either through the menu or through a button which executes the Exit application script command). The application window disappears but the application is still sitting on my luanch bar and can only be stopped using the Mac force quit dialogue. Any ideas anyone please ? Regards, Craig

Ive finally decided I have had enough of the crashes, the lag, the issues with my PC and am moving to a Mac. I know NOTHING about macs. Zippo Ziltch! With that said, I have to ask a very basic question... Will the fp7 files I created with FM for Win open and be able to be used on FM for MAC? Are they any issues or caveats? Any tips or advice to someone coming over from the darkside?

How can I find all my unused scripts and table occurrences in my filemaker solution?

I want to create a runtime version of my solution so my customers can run it offline with some features and access FM server for record storage and all the rest of my reporting features. My FM hosting prospect says runtime doesn't have IP support. really? Ken

Ok, I've been racking my brain on this one and can't figure it out. I have a solution I built in Filemaker 11 Advanced, and built a runtime on my Windows XP system. I'm using the latest 11.0.2 FMA 11 for Windows. I have a client using 64 bit Windows 7. They have permissions to add records, change the password, etc., but when trying to simply CHANGE the password, they are getting a message saying: "This action con not be performed because the file is not modifiable." They can login and use the runtime solution, but changing the password caused this error message. I'm thinking it has to be a Windows permissions issue to I had them test the following, a…

I'm just wondering if anyone knows of another DDR analysis tool other than Inspector. I love Inspector, but it hasn't been updated for FM10/11. I feel naked without being able to see where a field or script is used in my solutions. It just saves a boat load of time. Anyone?

I have made a runtime app that I have installed on 5 machines 4 XP and 1 Vista. I have tried to install with the same CD on 2 other XP machines. One gets the Erra Code: This installation package could not be opend.Vairify that the package exeist and that you can accessit, or contact the application vendor to verify thatthis is a valid windows installer package. When I tire to install on it. And the other XP machine will let it install, but, when clicking in the icon it will not open and no erra code. Any help would be appreciated.

I've used the developer tool in 8.5 to create a runtime file for both Windows and Macintosh. I have two questions 1. The initial runtime file size on Windows is 45M. The Macintosh initial runtime size is 185M. I don't understand the radical size differences. 2. I then 'zip' both files. The Windows zip size is 24M and the Macintosh zip size is 110M. When I unzip the Macintosh solution it will not run. Is there a special trick to compile a Macintosh solution?

Is there a way to covert a DDR into a Word document? As an HTML or XML document I can't print it so I can easily cut, paste and/or highlight text/pages to trouble a damaged file. (The DDR for one solution of mine is 789 pages long!)

Created my first runtime with FMA11,it works nice and dandy in win 7 ultimate and xp x86. Now trying to use inno setup, via its setup wizard. all of the sudden.... windows 7 = required "run as administrator" to run properly win xp = not even open is there any magic code that i need to insert to inno compiler?

Should a 32 bit FM11 runtime bound in XP run on a Windows 7 Premium 64 bit machine?

This is from the FAQ in the FMP 11 release notes. Has anyone confirmed this behavior?

I have created a new solution and bound it into a runtime version. I have used Inno as my installer in the past with no problems. Now I am getting a message when I try to launch the runtime app saying it failed because it could not locate xerces.dll, yet when I look at the runtime package that file is clearly there. I have tried rebinding the original solution and recreating the Inno script several times all with the same result. Any insights would be appreciated.

Good afternoon! I was wondering if anyone has figured a way to create a field that will allow for marquee text scroll capabilities. I have searched but came up empty-handed. Any help is greatly appreciated!

When I create a runtime and load it on a computer that doest have FMP it will not display the FMP icon it displays a windows icon. The program will not open. It is looking for a program to open with. Any suggestions? i am new at this so, don't laugh

A new patch which will fix the Runtime installation issue with FMA 11 for Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable libraries has been released: Link Jim

Has any one had any success with creating an MSI transform for deploying filemaker using group policies? For some reason I the license key works but the organisation name doesn't. I am using "AI_ORGANIZATION" as the property. I think this may be due to our licencee name being three words. I have tried "Organisation name" but no luck.

When a runtime is created, can you trust that fonts used in the source code will be packaged and delivered with the runtime? Or do you need to handle fonts separately to be sure things look the same at the other end?

Is there a way to setup a FileMaker development environment so that instead of editing on a live application, you're editing a local application? I've been getting a little more serious about FM lately, so I want to avoid any potential "oops" moments as well as prevent users from seeing half-finished features. In the web application world, I've done this by building something locally and then rsync'ing it with the live server. A little legwork is sometimes required to move parts of the live database to the development environment (the full database is often prohibitively large), but I've found this process to be worth it overall. When editing FM applications, I feel …

A user is getting an error on a runtime (10advanced) just installed (first attempt to run it) on Vista: "Side by side configuration is incorrect. See the application event log" Can someone help me understand what might be causing that? I'm not getting that message on my machines - either XP or Vista.

I built a runtime on Vista in FM10 Advanced. My users have both XP and Vista machines. Some (but not all) of my XP users experience the following after installing and launching the runtime: "this application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. reinstalling the application may fix this problem." Reinstalling the application doesn't solve the issue. Any thoughts?

From what I have read, A runtime made on a Mac will not work on a windows pc. Is this true? If so, I need to have a small database that I want to use on a PC that I need to be made inot a runtime. Please let me know if you are willing to lend a hand. Thanks Chad

Hi! Everyone this is my first post, and I hope is not the last I have a big problem, almost two weeks ago my company bought the last version of FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced via web, we were using the version 8.5 without problems, our clients are Spanish native speakers and sometime English speakers. When we see the new characteristics of FileMaker, specially the possibility to made charts, we do not think and buy the new upgrade. However, this version is not multi language, and in few weeks we need to present the last database for some clients in Spanish, we can use the version 8.5 but without charts. I remember that we have a similar problem 3 o 4 years ago, …

Hi all Been a while since I posted here, been quietly getting on with stuff. Anyway, one of things I have been getting on with is a pilot's logbook database, for pilots like myself. I'm oing to be distributing it as a runtime in FMP10, and I'm pretty happy with how it has turned out. However, there is a problem. One of my test subjects (running XP) has spent much time and input his entire logbook into a much earlier version, and I was out there tonight to upgrade him to the finished version, and that is where I ran into trouble, big time. Before running my setup program, we took his existing .USR file and moved it to another directory and renamed it .fp7 …

I'm just about to start creating a runtime solution using v11 (have just got the upgrade, although at present still using v9 and v10 for projects). Can v11 runtime solutions export/produce PDF files? If not (as per older runtimes), what are the best free PDF drivers runtime creators recommend to Windows users (CutePDF, PDFCreator etc), Mac users on the solution will be fine? Edited to add, if there aren't really essential features in v11, I may considering creating the runtime in v10, to ensure support for people running older versions of Mac OS X (another annoyance of v11, supports Windows XP, but not OS X Tiger...) Thanks!

OS: Mac OS X.6 FMPA 11 When I try to make a runtime I get an error that the "info.plist" file is locked. This stops the creation till I click ok and it finishes the creation of the project. The runtime will not work. If I take the same original file and try making a runtime in FMPA 10 it works without any problems. There is nothing special about the original file, it is just a template from FMP that was created and a few test records were added. The FMPA 11 created runtime has no .plist file in it but the FMPA 10 does. If I copy that file over to the FMPA11 runtime it will then work. I have changed owners, groups and permissions to all files and …

Wondering some... eventual i will but right now do i have to? I am XP only... I make a runtimes and everything works in Vista.. However prospects now have window 7.. I didn't upgrade to FM ver 10 but only tested my my souce running the free trail FM ver. But now Windows 7 is out there.. I get the impression or maybe i am assuming... from others running Window7 that my current run-time version created in FM9 doesn't run?? If I upgrade to 11 Adv. and compile a runtime... [color:red]it be just for purpose of Window 7 users.. If I used new features in FM 11... then it appears i have to maintain 2 sets of code/// 1) for my fm8…

I'm trying create my first runtime solution from Filemaker Pro 10 Advanced (Mac OS X). The database from which I'm creating it is small (for now), about 900 kb, and utilizes only two layouts and a handful of relationships. I thought I'd start simple. It may be just my ignorance, but Filemaker's documentation on runtime solutions is terrible and inadequate, at least for me. I'd prefer to create a solution that is cross-platform, but for now I'd just be happy with one solution I could install and run on Windows, and one I could use on Mac OS. I've used the Developer Utilities feature to bind the files, and have used what (I think) is a unique 3 letter extension…

Hello Forums. I have a general design question. Im creating an ordering system where on one order a client can have many work-experiments (simple portal). Now. In this particular case, an order will have VERY MANY work-experiments in it, in this case the maximum number of work-experiments in one Order will be 3000. (Yes, !!) My solution has a routine, which will create such a "large order" automatically. It uses various tables for basic info to create an order of this size for the client, prefilled with his 3000 work-experiments. This routine, goes to the table of work-experiments and creates a record, then duplicates it and modifies it slightly, …

I have been reading about FMTouch and would like a better understanding of how (or if) it will work with my runtime solution. My application is a herd management program that includes herd health & breeding records, contacts information, financial expense/income data and scheduling activities. My clients would love to have the ability of putting the program on their iPhone or iPod to take with them on the road, or just out to the barn when they are doing herd weights & medical. My runtime solution (FMP 10) consists of about 12 database files. I use the separation model, so about 1/2 are data and 1/2 are format-only files. All of the database files are …

Ok I developed my app, a basic one, and developed it with the runtime. Then I open it up in general mode but am not able to create new records or delete them. Then I run it in admin mode and the same thing. I made a video showing you what I did and how I did it, short and sweet. http://www.marvelillusions.com/media/filemakeradv1/filemakeradv1.html if you have any ideas...

Are tools available to scan, etc. a FM Solution and alert you of problems and potential weaknesses? I made a minor change to a field that effected a script that resulted in shutting the db down and stopping work. Sorry if this is not the correct forum. Jim

In my Runtime solution, I would like to display a layout in table view and let the user have access to the Modify button so they can customize the fields that appear on a list. However the Modify Table View window allows one to add any field from any table in the database. This is a bit too much power and can confuse users. Is there any way that I can keep access to the Modify Table View but limit the fields that it can access?

Where's the best location (on a Mac) to install a FM Runtime solution? Should the user have the project folder in the Documents folder or the Applications folder? What's the principle involved here?

Just wondering if Filemaker will be making the runtime port over to Iphone. They put bento on there but there has been no solution for developers to become part of the iphone race. It is like the App Director going to Flash. Most director projects became lost . I think the same will happen to Filemaker people . if they can't port their products to iphone without stepping backward. I would urge everyone interested in their filemaker future to speak up about making an iphone runtime. I know there are ways but it is like making the user buy a 100 dollar cable to run a program. Cmon. Lets have some hope. Speak up.

I have a client who is not able to open my FMP 10 runtime application on a Win 2000 PC. The message indicates that uxtheme.dll is missing. Does anyone know what that is and how to fix it? Thanks.

this is related to some exisitng posts, but different. i want to have a launcher file that users can click to access the data on a server. but i also distribute my solutions as single user files with a runtime app. now the launcher should open the local data file. but how do i know what the 'server' is called or what its IP address is?

This question relates to the Mac. I'm trying to finish the user's guide for my runtime solution and I have an issue I can't find addressed anywhere. It concerns the playback of a sound recorded in a container field. I can't disable this feature. Even though I don't have it in any of my custom menus, one can still double-click on a container field and record something. That part works fine. It's the playback that's an issue. You can playback a recorded sound by double-clicking on the field, or clicking once and pressing the space bar. But once it starts playing, there is no way to stop or pause it. If, because the space bar will often toggle pause/pla…

I know a runtime solution can be run on a network, but as single-user only. Is there any way to get multi-user capability, with the runtime solution (FMP10) installed on a network? I think I saw somewhere that you can access a runtime solution as multi-user if each node has FMP10 installed? Can it be done with FMP server? Has anyone successfully created a runtime appl with multi-user access that can share their experience? Thanks.

Hi. I have requirement to have an FmPro file open another FmPro server, but make it runtime, but cannot seem to do it. Is it possible? I have a small Fm file that runs a script on startup that opens a file on a remote server then closes itself. This allows me to more easily distribute the startup file ("Opener" as Filemaker themselves call it). Anybody got any ideas please? Greg

i made runtime packed into installation after installation all files are unpacked into program files but if we take out that unpacked folder we are able to use it without installation can we stop this any way

Has anyone seen this error on installing a runtime application? irsetup a sharing violation occurred while accessing and unnamed file This has happened to 2 of my clients so far. I think they are both on XP. I am not able to re-create the problem on my XP or Win7 computers. The application is an FMP10 runtime. The problems seems to occur only after an initial install. In both cases the program had been installed but had to be deleted to re-install an updated version. The installer is Setup Factory. With 1 client, we ran it twice and it failed at the same point in the install. Looks like it was installing the FMWRAPPER.dll file. What is this …

3 'Microsoft.VC80.???' sub-folders are created when making a Windows run-time solution. Each of the folders contains a 'Manifest' file. What do these do? Are they necessary for the solution to work? Could I delete them from the solution without adverse affect? My installer does not like the files and I'm unable to build an installer for Windows 7 applications. TIA

Hello, all.... I have a runtime solution I have put together that is giving me a brain poser. All the security and custom menus work great in the full FM client. When I generate a runtime of the database, I suddenly lose the ability to close any child window that gets opened within the database. The X button on all child windows within the runtime workspace are greyed out. Does anyone know what I must have missed in generating this runtime? Thanks David in Fishers

I have created a users guide as a pdf file that I want to distribute along with my runtime database. My plan is to put it in the same folder with the other runtime files and have an item in my custom help menu open the pdf. What's the best way to do this? I've tried using the script step Open URL but I'm having trouble getting it to work with a relative file path. Open URL works fine with an absolute file path like this: "file:///Users/mporter/Documents/BirdBrain/myfile.pdf" However, I can't get it to work with a relative file path. Perhaps I'm not formatting my relative file path correctly. Or maybe Open URL doesn't work with relative file paths. …

A filemaker database, previously and happily made into a single runtime, is now under threat of running twice on the same computer using the developer utilities to create two different application names and two different database extensions for both versions (two runtimes, two versions of the master database each with a unique extension). At the moment both run with no obvious script clashes or quirks but this is with very limited testing. I'm on Mac which I hope makes things a lot easier. Can anyone highlight the potential problems in this scenario and/or suggest ways around this? [back story: the original database is used for one company name but the accountan…

Not sure if this is the right forum. This was the only one that made sense to me to ask this question. Can FileMake Pro 9 be installed on an external hardrive? In other words I do not want it on my "C" drive at all. I want the program to run on an External. Thank you.

I have been searching for a while now and need some ideas or help with adding floor plans to our current database. The floor plans are going to be populated with the location of our computers. I have looked at this option but its not really working for me. I am a Filemaker Newbie. http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/199278/pid/308695/ Example I have a 5 floor building so I was going to create 5 different layouts of the floor plans. Where I get stuck is either populating multiple portals which people talk about or what the person did above in the example. For some reason when I do multiple portals I still get the same record in all the portals even if I …

Updating a Runtime Solution I have been lurking and searching multiple forums off and on for the last year in an attempt to find an example on how best to accomplish the updating of a runtime solution. With in the next month I am preparing to release the first phase of my project but I want to make sure that I have a method for updating before I begin. Quick description: I am developing a student / billing / attendance / and a lot more database… This is an ongoing project that will be distributed as each portion reaches completion. I am still adding fields and tables so the separation model will not work at this point. Due to its nature existing tables are…

Hi My problem: How to properly install am FM9 runtime solution on an PC (single user on his own machine - I will deal with Mac later...) that works either with users whose single account is an admin account and also for other, more grown up users who have a separate admin account (as one should) to install apps - that is what I have been trying to do for some time. Searched different forums but to no avail. I am using an installer (CreateInstallFree) that installs the runtime (filemaker-database/the primary solution file, the database-engine (exe) and all other runtime related files und dlls) - where oh where, that is the question. Those files must all be in the s…

I am trying to create a DDR in FileMaker 10 in Snow Leopard and I get a blank Summary.xml. When I try to get into the DDR, it shows the syntax but never loads the form. I have another mac with Leopard on it and it works just fine. On the web I see a number of users having problems with Filemaker on Snow Leopard. Is this common? Update: This was not the fault of Snow Leopard. It was the file itself.

Hi! If anyone is interested, I found solution to hide status bar and get rid of annoying user name dialog on windows platform when you first start runtime solution. First I have to give special thanks to Jordan Russell for creating great installer Inno Setup. Well here comes magick... You need installer like Inno Setup and you have to crate few registry entries in your install script. I found that you MUST create 4 registry entries. Every time runtime starts I think it checks for some registry entries and if some of them are missing it replaces value, so status bar becomes visible. But if you create this 4 entries, runtime will not replace this va…

Hi sorry if this has been asked already Anyhoo ..... I have been using FMP for a while but have had a few years off! I've just purchased FMP Advanced version 10. In the old days you could prepare a PC runtime solution on the mac for the PC (I think it was developer version 6?) How do I create PC versions of my runtime projects for the PC from my Mac? Or am I up to purchasing a copy of Advanced for the PC as well? Thanks!

Hi, Need help for recover a USR file of Filemaker pro 4. I no have the program Filemaker pro 4 for use the recover command

I want to create easy to use custom help info for my Runtime solution. What's a good format for this? Any good examples that I could look at?

I am starting a solution that will be used by only four persons. Three of them will be limited to finding, examining, editing, deleting and creating new records in only three tables; the fourth will have unlimited access. Do I really need a Preferences Table, or can I just specify privilege sets for the three limited users? If I do ned a Preferences Table, can someone lead me to a simple explanation of how to construct it? I have been through David Kachel's White Paper for Novices, but I guess I am too much of a novice to understand his explanation.

I designed a FM 10.0 runtime application with several privilege sets, (full access, limited access, & read only access). I made default account names with associated privileges for this runtime. When the end user opens up the program, the usual opening dialog box appears, ACCOUNT NAME:________ & PASSWORD:__________. By default, the name of the current user logged in appears inside the “Account Name” field. The end user must enter their default account name to access the program with associated privileges. How can I control privilege sets without knowing the end user’s account name. I want to distribute this application and give the administra…

Not sure where to post this, so hope this is the right place. I am converting my solution from FMP6 to FM10. For some reason, this one file will not convert. Can't figure out what it doesn't like about this file? It is a Reports file and has most of my report formats for the application, so it would be a major loss if I have to re-create all these formats. If anyone can tell me why this will not convert, would appreciate the help. Thanks. Reports.fp5.zip

I have developed a solution in FM pro 10(Trial Version) and and make it run time in Fm Pro 9 advanced.it's working fine from last 2 months.but its not working in one system in which MAC OS X 10.5.6 is installed but previously it's working fine on that version.i also check it on other systems its working fine.can any one help me due to what reason it's not supporting to that system or any other software is installed due to which it's not working. plz help me. Thanks, John wiliams

Hi all! To facilitate my own work and not having to go through the menu bar or the impossible-to-remember shortcuts, I would like to create a developer interface for my database system. It's pretty straightforward: from 1 single layout I would like to be able to go to a certain script, layout or whatever other developer tool through e.g. value lists of said scriptnames/layout names/... I cannot seem to find a way to list them. As FM is a database system program, I am assuming that there are "hidden" tables somewhere keeping track of all these. No idea how to access them, however. I have found the "design functions" in the calculation box, but those don…

Hello, Just want to check if someone know how to toggle between script debugger. Is there any quick key or short cut allow this? I want to quick key to access the script debugger or the data viewer. Thanks,

I am running FM 10 developer on OSX. I would like to disable the Status Area. Yes, I have set Status Area to Hide but the problem with this is that it is still possible to click the button in the upper right corner to show everything. I have also compiled my application (FM 10 dev) as a KIOSK application but the standard menu and the Status Area continue to show? How do I lock the user out of being able to use the Status Area? Thanks

Anyone familiar with this type of migration of data? I am finding next to nothing out there related to this unless im looking for the wrong info.

Hello, I hoping someone has some experience with DDE. I am attempting to setup a dynamic link with DDE from another application to Filemaker. Does anyone know of a way to do this with Filemaker? Thanks, Bill

I have an 8.5 database that works as it should when executed in normal FM mode. I right click on the container field and insert a picture. It, as you would expect, allows me to browse to find the picture. When I create a kiosk version of the database I no longer can insert a picture. In fact, when I go to the field and right click [i must click at least twice], I get a 'Sound Record' dialogue box. Is there something special about insertions and kiosk mode?

Is it possible to add a time trial feature to a standalone app that I have generated? Mika

Im in the process of start modifying this Product Catalog solution. My goal is to be able to see the thumbnail and check on a box of the thumbnails that i want to generate a report to save to a pdf. So from my understanding i need to figure out how to do 2 things. 1- i want to be able to see a list of my thumbnails and be able to click on the box. (this would signal that i want to be able to see it in a report) I want to do this because i can have 200 images in my initial report, but i want to narrow it down with a second report based on the ones that have the box clicked. 2-I have no idea how to start this script or report.. Any help or ideas wo…

I delivered phase 1 of my product to the client and they are entering data into the FM database. But I will have several code changes coming up that I need to apply to the existing version. This would include new layouts, script changes and new scripts, new script triggers, value lists, new TOs and tables. I know that FM has a DDR tool that can be used to export a snapshot of the system. But are there any tools that can compare (diff) 2 DDRs and point out the differences? And better yet to be able to merge those differences. I know that one can import scripts and new databases, but the process all seem very manual. I come from the Java development world …

Is it possible to add users once you have compiled the runtime?

I created my runtime app. I have a script in the FM10 version that pulls data from an .xls file with about 20 different tabs categorized for each type of product that I use. Everything works great until I convert to a runtime App. Once in the run time the .xls cant be found and when I manually select it I have to do it for each tab inside it. How can I set this up so when I zip my run time and send to another user the inventory list will be in the right spot and they wont need to worry about finding it or setting it up. Any Suggestions?

Can anyone suggest some reading material or sample files showing how to properly set up a multi user system? I've tried setting a User Table in front of all other tables, but, it's not working the way I thought it would. My problem is I want to separate what the user sees so he/she isn't viewing someone else reports, activities, etc. Whenever I try to set up Accounts and Privileges it never works the way I thought it would so I really need some good examples and reading material so I can understand the whole concept. Any suggestions? TIA

Is there a plugin or something in Filemaker for a WYSIWYG? If you dont know what that is.. its a field this lets you type out formatted text, just just MS word. You can add color text, size, HTML links, images, etc. behind the scenes, is a combination of HTML code and the text you type. When you submit to the database, the HTML and content is stored. Sample: Hello [color:red]World! When you view the result on the web or in Filemaker, you see the formatted content. Just like in Yahoo mail or Gmail. Thank you!

hi guys, we had a fm pro 7 runtime app in windows developed last year that now needs some modifications in the source. how can i look at the source (scripts, tables) in file maker pro 9? i've tried opening the .USR file, holding shift while opening it and specifying the Admin user..everything just opens the app with the splash screen and all functionality locked out. any help is appreciated. thanks

Could someone tell me what was the last version of FM Advanced/Developer that would create runtimes for Windows 2000 and Windows ME. Thanx.

Hi, Is it normal that the total size of my runtime solution is 169 MB? There's only a single 28 fields table in it! What can I delete without corrupting the file?

After I open my runtime a couple of times it fails to open any more. If I restart the PC it'll open again but after a few times it stops opening again. Any ideas??? The .exe does seem to open and I am clicking ONLY on the .usr file but it doesn't open...

When I run my app in Kiosk mode and then return to the desktop using Windows' Show Desktop - I get the desktop back but the taskbar is missing. In our old FM6 version the taskbar would come back. Is there a way to get out of kiosk mode and return the windows task bar?

Good day everyone, I've got a little problem regarding the above mentioned function. I need to know how it works. My FMP DEV is telling me that this function is called from within the FMP 9 engine every time you open up a file. Is that true? I just thought that this function is something I would use in a script or calculation field to get the path location of that temporary folder. But never would I think that this is activated every time you open a database file. Can anyone confirm how this function works, also if it is true that it’s called upon every time a DB is opened, can it be disabled? I work in a corporative environment and all the use…

Ok I have been working on a solution for the last few weeks and am now at the the point that i am making it a runtime solution. The problem is that the file dependent on custom menus that contain a link to one script the close window command and the print command. That is all that is in the custom menus and it works great when opened with FMP 10 advance. However when i build the runtime solution it displays the title bar with the custom menu headers at the top but the menu does not appear (drop down) when the header is clicked or hovered over clicked. Help anyone....

I am confused by what I'm seeing on different PCs for exactly the same character codes. The attached PNG file shows a composite of screen captures from three different PCs running the same application. The character block was created by typing in "abc" followed by Alt+0001, Alt+0149 and Alt+0001 The second line is the dot cut and pasted in ... followed by cutting/pasting the "abc". The third line is the dot pasted in, followed by typing "abc". Here's what I've confirmed so far: > The display field is defined as simple Text, with no extra processing > Exactly the same runtime build is installed on all three PCs > Each PC is running XP Service …

I notice that in FM9, 3 new folders appear when I create a runtime for my solution that weren't in the runtime for FM7 (at least not as unique folders) Microsoft.VC80.CRT Microsoft.VC80.MFC and Microsoft.VC80.MFCLOC What do these do? Are they necessary to port with the runtime when deploying the solution to other users?

I've got a FM runtime solution that I distribute and the first step after you load it the first time is to change your password. A new customer (hopefully) of mine is getting a message that the file is not modifiable when they try and change their password. It's the first time I've heard of this problem and I can't reproduce it on my own Macbook. The runtime solution is wrapped up into a Mac Installer Package which is then zipped and placed on the server. You simply download the zip and extract, then run the installer and load the software. I've never had a problem with this until this guy. I did a screen share with him and went through the whole thing …

I am using FM Advanced 10 using Windows Vista and have a problem with a script designed to export records from several tables to a file folder. The export script does not work properly in the runtime version. I get the following error; File; "ExampleReport" could not be created on this disk. Use a different name, or make more room on the disk, unlock it or use a different disk. The export script works fine, but when I bind the program up as a runtime file I get this error message. Example code; Send Event["aevt","odoc";"cmd /c md c:ExampleReport"] Export Records[No Dialog; "ExampleReport.fp7"; Unicode (UTF-16)] Any help would be much appreciated.

Does anyone have any experience of upgrading runtime version by first exporting the data (previous version) to XML and then importing the xml files into the newer version? Granted this does not work for container fields, but it seems that it might be a somewhat cleaner method than trying to use filemaker's import script step..

Is it possible to remove items from the application menu of a runtime? It's kind of annoying to have to have two separate "about" menu options in different places (not to mention a preferences window that almost exclusively has preferences the average runtime user will not have a clue about)

We import images into our database and have been using Filemaker for years. We have always wanted to be able to annotate our images. Perhaps we would like to draw lines to point our certain spots on our images. Highlight particular areas. We infrared inspections on equipment. Any ideas, suggestions, perhaps a plugin. We are currently using Filemaker 9.

Very weird problem here, no doubt self-inflicted. I have a database built with FM7 developer. Over the years I have had system crashes and the computer re-booted without Filemaker having had a chance to close properly. Filemaker would always scan for unused blocks and the file would run fine. Periodically, I would run the file maintenance utilities to compact and optimize the database. Recently, I tried to open the database in FM8 it says the file is damaged and will not open. It then says to use Recover. When I use Recover it gets to step 2, "Rebuilding Data Pages" and the FM program terminates. I tried this with someone who has FM9 and the same thing happens. As I sa…

As I recall, FM9 Developer used to have an option within the Developer Utilities Menu that would optimize your file to make it run cleaner. I haven't been able to find this feature in FM10 Advanced. Does this still exist?

Could any one please suggest me for the below solution How to create a folder from a filemaker application. ? I dont know is this possible with filemaker. If it's possible ! please provide me a soluion Many thanks

If I have a database and make it into a standalone runtime package, does it gain speed, memory usage or some other aspect than running the same database on FMP? I'm coming to an end of trial license and I am debating whether I need Advanced version, but I can't really judge these things since there is no trial for Advanced. Filemaker's website doesn't really spend many words on this, and threads on this board are also specific to their problems and I don't really get much out of them. I'm mainly using my database by myself and on a few computers, but if standalone runtime works well, I may let some collaborators use it as well. Not a very high priority matter bu…

Hi, With an installation file I can write registry keys during installation. So I can able to prevent user name dialog box which appears at the first time run-time executed. Now I want to increase file cache from its default value (8) to 128. But I can not find related registry key to change cache size. How could I find that registry key. Or is there any way to change cache size automatically within FileMaker or Installation file. Thanks F. Osman Cabi

When I create a Filemaker Runtime the folder has many many files there. What is the minimum number of files needed, which files can I delete and still run the Runtime?

Hello Everyone How do I know the record is omit or not, by using calculation filed without run the script.. Example I have a table candidate. (Fields: Name, zc.temp[calculation]) With 5 records ( guru, Ram, Don, mac, win) By using find mode I will find the condition like below. [color:blue]name = guru Single record only found by this condition. the remaining records in omitted status. My requirement is: I want to set the zc.temp= "1" When the record is found. and also zc.temp = "0" when the record is in Omit status. By the above status [name]guru, [zc.temp] = 1 Other Four records are [name]ram , [zc.temp]= 0 [n…

I'm working with a set of FileMaker files that has had the filename extension changed to work with a runtime copy of FileMaker. The extension now in use is "723", and I'd like to revert to the standard "fp7" filename extension. I initially EXPECTED that I could EASILY change back to ".fp7" using the FileMaker Advanced developer utility for renaming files. But it seems that I can't add a file to the list of solution files the utility works with unless they have an "fp7" extension already... I was really hoping to avoid manually searching/changing all uses of filenames with the non-standard extension. This would mean looking through a LOT of scripts to search …

Hi, Is it possible to run two versions of FM at the same time? I have licenses for FM8.5A and FM10A on my workstation.

I have 5 records withe the name of jan, jacky, andu, mocz, mich. Now i'm going to find the record with the name jan and jacky by single input at findmode. but the result in no records found. Why it was said like that!.. Is any problem with my input or is not a good way to find this solution. I have givent the input like the following list of ways in find mode. 1. jan / jacky 2. "jan" / "jacky" 3. jan "/" jacky So please can any one help to solve this ! Thannks in advance