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Thanks - luckily I was on a Mac!

This may be really dumb, but I turned on Web Publishing to try something, and now everytime I start up Filemaker (8) it says it can't start IWP and turns it to off. My thinking was that if I could get it to start up with IWP on, then I could turn it off and everything would be back to normal. Is my thinking correct, or how could I stop it trying to start everytime? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I have an issue with Mac OS X 10.3.9 and a runtime solution. Most things work perfectly well. We initially had a container field that you click into and it puts a round graphic - this works perfectly in later versions of Mac OS X. In the 10.3.9 version it didn't show any graphic, so we put a drop down menu on the related field, but no menu dropped down - i then tried a radio button, but they couldn't click into it. The behaviour of the field is fine - set to allow entry. I can't work why I can't add data??

I was after some advice on a problem I have. I have a database in which teachers are developing a Unit of Work. Once the Unit has been created, they must input all the activities for that Unit. There may be a small number or there may be many. I decided to have a portal in the main file that relates to another file (activities) sitting off by itself. The relationship allows teachers to input as many activities as they like and I have created a script to print the activities in the activities file. The problem is, the relationship doesn't work properly, the activities go into the portal, but when you go to the activities file and sort, it only prints the first record. I think the problem is in the fields that are in the relationship, but I have chased my tail around trying to find a correct relationship that I have confused myself and would love some outside help. The activities file doesn't relate to any other file - is there something I have missed ?

Thanks for the help !

Thanks for the quick reply. Where would I find it ?

I was wondering (on any platform)if there is a way to have a piece of text appear when you roll over an object in Browse Mode in Filemaker (similar to the Alt Text on Web Pages) ? It would make it very handy for explanations of buttons etc.

I'm sure this will be covered somewhere and I would be grateful if anyone could direct me to the correct file or posts. I have a related file with all sportsmen (that's not sexist - they are all men!) list. Unfortunately the file gets large and I don't want to choose a starting letter in a second field to narrow the search in the name field. What I would like to happen is that when I type in the name field, each new letter narrows the names list automatically. Any help appreciated !

I'm not sure if this will help, but I had some problems like this when the text box handles touched the header or footer areas. May help !

Is there any way (short of moving to a new layout) to have fields become active (they are grey beforehand), once a field is chosen or a condition met ?

Thankyou, the Graphic Format was the thing that did the trick. I appreciate your help - everything now prints nicely !

We have been trying to make graph like grading on a school report. Basically we were using letters (l) to create a line graph in a text field - it didn't print the same way as it appeared on screen. We then tried a repeating container field with shaded boxes so that according to a chosen number, this image would appear in the box - this works fine and prints accurately, except that we are trying to align the images to the left hand side of the page. The calculation gets the correct picture, but I can't align the image to the left - it only centers the image. Can anyone help or suggest a better solution (I also tried a relationship to the images, but the alignment problem persists)? Thanks !

I am sure this has been raised before but I can't find it in FM Forums. I have helped set up a number of reports at schools, and in some cases they switch between laser printers and deskjets. They are always set to A4, but they set up differently on the page and sometimes print off the page etc. How do I set pages, so that no matter what printer they face, A4 prints properly on the page. Any help gratefully accepted.

I have a Juke box of sorts with songs in a container field and search facilities - I am using a portal to create a Play list, but I can't find a way to make a sound file in a container field play automatically. I want the script to go to that record and tell the song to play, then move on to the next song etc. Any help would be most appreciated !

geodd , thanks for that answer - it works beautifully. The only trouble I had was to copy the new file I had created. It always just took the first. I have a solution, but it probably could be better. Thanks again !