jazzygb1

Thanks. I don't really understand anchor points to be honest, but I thought they controlled layout position rather than content? It may be beyond my skill level (I'm no Filemaker expert), but I thought it'd be a reasonably easy thing to do. it's proving a little more involved than I thought it would be and may perhaps be too complex. Although I'm usually reasonably competent for simple tweaks, this might be a case of it being a more difficult task than it sounds. I created the new field named 'extra notes'in the 'Invoice Data' layout and then added it to the layout. The theory being that when I type info in here, it'll show on the printed invoice layout too. I then added the 'extra notes' field to the 'Invoice Print' layout too to achieve this. Both layouts resides in the same table 'T12_Invoices' so I thought that'd be that, but unfortunately not. At the moment anything I add to that field then shows on every invoice created. Thanks very much everyone for the responses and help offered so far - really appreciate its it. Regards GB

Hi, Thanks for your responses. Yes I created the field in the invoices table and no it is not set as a global storage. I thought this was about as simple a thing to do as it gets but it's proving quite tasking. I do have an existing working notes section that I could make larger and use at a push, but I really wanted two such sections on the invoice as the information going in them fulfils two different tasks. Thanks again GB

Hi, I have a Filemaker Pro 11.04 database running and it's great. However I wanted to make a simple amendment which is proving very frustrating to do. I have a customer contacts layout that I can click on a button to create invoices. All the relevant contact data is ported and I get taken to a new layout (Invoice Data) where I input the relevant information for invoices (the items, quantities etc). When I'm ready to print I click another button on this layout and it takes me to another invoice layout (Invoice Print) that condenses the information input into the data layout into a more printer friendly version and prints it off (via script) automatically - this has worked like a charm for years! Recently though our invoicing layout requirements have changed and I wish to add a note box that I could type short messages that would be specific to that invoice (i.e not something that will appear on every invoice) - just a simple text note should be perfect for this. So I created a new field called 'Invoice notes' and set it as a text only box and added this field to both the 'invoice data' layout and the 'invoice print' layout. I thought that would be it, but when I'm in Browse mode and add text into this box, whatever text is added is erroneously added to every invoice - not what I wanted at all. All I want is to be able to leave a small individual message on an individual invoice that applies specifically to the invoice and customer I'm writing it to. I'm at a loss on how to achieve this as I can't see what I'm doing wrong - I really thought it'd be a 5 minute task, but it's proving frustratingly difficult to achieve and I've wasted hours trying to do it.. And advice on what to do would be gratefully received. Thanks GB PS: This is a Modified FM Starting Point Database if that helps running os OSX 10.10

Hi, I can't definitively say it's the best as I havent used anything else, but the DYMO 400 Turbo has worked great with Filemaker on my Mac for a Couple of years now & I think it's fab! So you should definitely consider one if you havent yet purchased your label printer.

Hi, Thank you for your response - I really appreciate it. The good news is I've managed to actually get it working (hooray) : I'm not sure why it suddenly worked as I didn't do anything differently than I had before - but I'm delighted. Anyway for Enyko & anyone else who's having problems, this is what I did... 1: I gave a static IP address to the computer hosting the database (my server) in my office (an old Mac Mini). This was set to 192.168.1.51 2: I opened the FM database on the server & enabled IWP 'Internet web Publishing' 3: on my modem/router I opened (forwarded) ports 80 & 5003 and assigned them to the server's (Mac Mini) IP address of 192.168.1.51 4: I then went home & opened a web browser and typed into the address bar the IP address of my ISP. For me this was 91.135.6.36 and this opened up a page with a link to my database - brilliant! : 5: I then jumped for joy & punched the air! : If you wish to have full access to the database (for printing, scripts etc), use another copy of Filemaker to access the database on your server. This is done by launching a second copy of Filemaker on the computer with the internet connection, then select 'Open Remote' from the file menu. In the network file path box type in the address of your database which is your ISP's IP address followed by the name of your database file. PLEASE NOTE`: this address begins with fmnet:/ So for example, my address was fmnet:/91.135.6.36/mydatabase It's taken nearly five days for me to get this up & running, so I'm chuffed to bits at the moment. Hope the above proves helpful for anyone else who's struggling with the same problems. Good luck GB PS: I'm using Filemaker Pro Advance v11.02 on OSX (10.64). WhatismyIP.com shows my IP as 91.135.6.36 and my server is connected to the network with a static IP of 192.168.1.51.

Hi, I hate to hijack Enyko's thread but I too am having almost exactly the same problem. I can share my DB via my office Lan and access it via a browser just fine on the office network. However I have failed in all my attempts to access it via the internet. What do I have to type in to access the database over the web? My Mac server has a static ip of 168.1.1.51 connected to the internet by an ISP with a static IP of 91.135.6.36. This is connected to an ADSL router with port 80 and port 5003 (I have 2 licences for FM11) both forwarded to the 168.1.1.51 ip address. So my question is what do i have to type into my web browser to access the database via the web? is it just 168.1.1.51? Or is it 91.135.6.36? Or a combination of both? I'm sorry to be such a thickie on this, but NOWHERE does it mention it online, except for saying type in the ip address - which doesn't appear to work. I've spent the last 4 days trying to get this to work, so if someone could steer me in the right direction I'd be forever grateful. Thanks in advance & apologies again for ambushing the thread. GB