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OK, OK, go easy on the guy... You guys should come take a look at the FM insanity we have here. Even the people at FM itself don't believe we are doing what we're doing. (We've had techs and reps here that just stare in disbelief) We have a 17 database system with one that has reached the limits and has been split a couple times. But every time it is split, it is just more headaches, not increased stablity, or whatever else is supposed to come of splitting. And every single layout and script is absolutely necessary. And there's a team of 8 people working on it, so there goes the fresh opinion... I'm not trying to brag or put anyone down or anything, but just to say that it is VERY possible to reach the limits of a FM system. That's why the world has Oracle and things like that. But we don't love Oracle. We love FileMaker. So we make it work...

I had originally used calculations and scripts to have it print correctly, but I got lost when one entry was deleted, and I was left with an odd number. I could not figure out how to make the first half of the first page print blank. HOWEVER, ClickBooks ROCKS. It did exactly what I wanted to! The only thing I had to change was the layout. I had originally had it set with a page size of 5 1/2" x 8 1/2, and I had to change it to 8 1/2 x 11, as ClickBooks will change the size of your layout to compensate for the size difference. Thank you SO MUCH for the suggestion, I would have been lost without it!!

Here's a good one... I have a database that was made as an address/phone book type thing. Nice and simple, all is well. Until the boss wants it printed. It needs to be printed in a booklet form. Try to imagine this, it's a bit hard to explain in wriing: Print one entry on each half of a sheet of paper (landscape orientation), on both sides of the paper, then you stack all the pages, fold it in half, and Voila! you have a booklet. I have managed to get it to print on both halves of the paper (printing in columns) and on both sides of the paper (flip the paper over, stick it back into the printer), but I cannot figure out for the life of me how to make it end up in alphabetical order when all is said and done. This is not so bad to do in PageMaker, Quark, or some other page layout software, but this MUST be in FileMaker... If anyone can (a) understand what the heck I'm describing (: understand what I need, and © PLEASE give me some advice, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!! ------------------