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I am interested in the challenge. I have experience in Mac and Windows. I have also worked on versions 5, 6 and now 7. Is there any email where I can send you my resume??

I don't know if you can grab the image automatically, but I just installed a shareware plugin called shell from www.abstrakt.com Once you have installed the plugin you can create three fields imagename (Calc)= firstname & lastname & ".jpg" directory (GlobalText) = Type in the full path you would like to search. For example: c:images result (GlobalText) On the third field do a Set Field through Scriptmaker result = External("shell-Execute"; "dir " & directory & imagename) This is similar to open a windows shell go to the directory where you have your images and typing the dir command. The difference is that the plugin gives you back live text in your global field where you can manipulate with text funtions perform a search and check if your image is or is not there.

thank you guys... it is working now!!!

I am trying to get into a container text field information that I type in a DOS shell. Using Send Event Script Step I have worked with a .bat file to rename and copy files on the hard drive. But now I am trying to copy the results of a command to a Global text field. For instance, if I type dir I want to get the result of that command into the text field. There may be a command to store that result into a log file. If that is possible then I could only import that log file into the database. Thanks...

I am in the learning curve of the FileMaker 7 power. One great thing from this new version is the ability to have more than one window open at the same time. And in my solutions I used to define some globals. I perform validation through a script using the data that the user inputs. This way data can be modified before the record is created. With earlier versions there was no problem since every file had it's own globals. Now, with version 7 and all the possibilities you have in the relationships dialog box it is entirely different. I am still trying to recreate the same way, so: 1. I create an extra table with all my globals(defined as globals so they can be accessible from any table in any layout). 2. I define as many relationships to the other tables. One for view and one for create each item in a portal. For example, Invoice::LineItems -> will have InvoiceID on the Invoice Table and InvoiceID on the LineItems table. An I will have all items of that invoice in a portal Globals::LineItems -> will have gInoviceID and gProdID on the Globals Table and InvoiceID and ProdID on the LineItems Table. This way I verify the ProdID is not duplicated, before the record is created. I would like to know if somebody works this way and if you have found some problems. Probably when you host your file somethings won't update correctly. I have done some testing on a shared file and nothing has come up. Any Suggestions?: Thanks,

Cannot share a database. I have only FileMaker 7 installed on the host computer. The only thing that I see strange is that Volume C is shared. Could this be the problem. I get the following error: "FileMaker cannot share files because another user is already sharing files using FileMaker Pro on this computer". I tried restarting FileMaker but did not work. Help please...

Somewhere I read or heard that when you create a multiuser solution you should not use globals (please don't ask me why). This is the reason to create one record per user accessing the solution. It is very important that every user can access related information throug relationships. I have the User's TO and, various relationwhips connected to it. I just want to be sure that each user has one place to store temporary informtion, and that the information is unique for everyone

I have a script broken in 2 parts. The first one performs a Go to related record step showin only related records The second one picks a record and passes the information to another TO. and then closes the current window. The problem is that if there is no information to show, no window will be generated and then the scrpit closes the only available window. This new version of FileMaker is very powerful, but there is a lot to learn while developing your new solutions.

Yes, it would depend on your current Print Setup (Windows) or Page Setup. You can setup a script to set your Print/Page Setup to Ladscape and then go to your Landscape layout and another script that sets your Print/Page Setup to Portrait and go to your Portrait Layout.

Hi, I am working on a solution that will be shared by 9 users. I created one table called Users. Each record in this table will handle all temporary data, like layout name, IDs from other tables, etc. Next, I set up relationships to all other tables to filter information or to create records. This way every user will have his/her own "globals". My problem is that I don't have a network to test what I am doing and this is my first shared solution. So I don't know if it is better to use Global Fields or to do what I am doing at this moment. Thanks for any feedback

quote: Originally posted by Ray: I have tried to setup a good barcode scanning system with Filemaker but it does not seem to work well. What I am trying to do is setup a retail check out station system like at a grocery store. I want the cashier to scan barcoded items in quickly without any keyboard interaction between each item. Right now when a barcode is scanned the stock number is read into the field but the cursor just sits in the same field and does not move to the next line item in my portal. The only way to get the cursor to move is to hit the TAB key on the keyboard. This slows down the check out process majorly if 100 items are being scanned. Is this possible with Filemaker? Thanks Sorry for the last empty message. You can configure your scanner to add an horizontal tab after the code you scan. This way you can go to the next field in your layout.