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The files are linked as external data sources rather the simple FMP linking. The way fmp treats record locking and indexing is different for external files, does this have implications

I have a client who has started developing and for reasons that may or may not be valid he has decided to use a basic user level filemaker 12 file linked to the main fmp data file as an external data source. I can imagine some performance benefits but I am niot convinced and I wonder what implications this may have for fmp go I have googled extensively and I can only find references to SQL files rather than fmp files. Any input appreciated.

It was the user level set at Admin - change to data_entry and it works

I recently converted a cashbook app from 11 to 12 - it has a simple global container (not saved remote) that is for the user to import their logo - jpg etc . Same application works fine in 11 with simple data_entry level access but in FMP12 it requires full access. Any other level and the field becomes inaccessible. I have created new global containers and they behave the same way. It is something to do with privilege settings but I can't find anything wrong and I can't find any reference to this anywhere on the web.

Hi - I know a lot of people yell that you can't do this - but I have been using GetAsCSS to successfully format and sent HTML emails with company header etc since FMP 10. However it seems to only work in Thunderbird (Gecko engine) - and Thunderbird is driving me up the wall for many other reasons but I can't figure out what it is that Thunderbird does that others don't. I have been trialling emClient and it works beautifully except my emails appear as: <SPAN STYLE= "font-size: 60px;color: #FF8000;" >Peach<BR></SPAN><SPAN STYLE= "font-size: 14px;color: #FF0000;font-weight: bold;" >HOME LOANS</SPAN><SPAN STYLE= "font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;" > </SPAN><SPAN STYLE= "font-size: 14px;color: #FF8000;font-weight: bold;" >- Something Different<BR><BR></SPAN><SPAN STYLE= "font-family: 'Arial';font-size: 10px;color: #000000;background-color: normal;font-weight: normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-variant:normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-transform: none;text-align: left;" >Hi,<BR><BR>I haven't heard back... Instead of the nicely formatted HTML that Thunderbird turns out - I have treid GetAsSVG with no luck either Does anyone have any ideas on settings or other options to look for to over come this - as this is just one of about 40 scripts that will need to be changed if I can't fix it

Figured it out - you would think that after 10 years I would remember that Preview - shows the found set not the current record !! - Why haven't they improved this?

Hi - I have developed an extensive CRM application since FMP4 and now running on FMP 11. I have a customer inquiry page that presents perfectly in browse mode but in preview or pdf print it loses certain fields. There is no obvious explanation except the fields missing are mainly repeating fields (2 repeats) and total fields - they are not related or portal fields just other fields. If I select the field in layout mode double click and pick another field then it displays perfectly so it is nothing to do with the sliding or don't print option. This image shows the record in browse mode the blue box at the bottom is where the issue occurs Here is the same record in preview mode you can see almost all the fields in the darker blue box are empty

I have exactly the same problem - I installed FMP10 Advanced to test a runtime then uninstalled but now can't establish file association with FMP11

I have discovered to the problem is with the browser parsing rather than filemaker - Firefox/Thunderbird is inserting the <br> Sorry to have wasted your time and thanks for your efforts

Sorry can't post source file - I will simply accept the blank lines for now and revisit the issue at another time. Thanks

Sorry I haven't explained this well. I am using a repeating table format single column single row - one row per paragraph. If I don't use the table I have to embed <p> </p> for each paragraph and end up with same outcome - empty lines where the paragraph field is empty. Whereas browsers or in this case an HTML email ignores empty table cells however the cells aren't empty because FMP insists on entering a <br> Is that clearer? Thanks

The records are product description paragraphs 1 to 5 paragraphs per product but not all products have 5 paragraphs ... many have only 1. By Filemaker inserting the <BR> in the empty cell - browsers insert blank lines therefore a product with 1 paragraph is followed by 4 blank lines ie: 4 empty cells - one for each row

Hi - I realise that this may be an XSL specific question more so than Filemaker but I am a beginner with XSL and have spent hours googling for a solution and I am getting desperate. I export records to an xls file which is then parsed by the browser - all works fine except that not all records have a valid entry in every field. As a result the table created embeds <br> in the table cell and that means there is an unnecessary blank line which gets worse if there are 2 or 3 empty fields and destroys the formatting of the resultant web page. Help please !! ie: <tr> <td> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <br> </td>

AND THE SOLUTION WAS...... Purchase an additional external IP (well actually 4 IPs) for the server ie: rather than use internal IP with port routing from the router - just run the server with full external IP - what a complete pain in the butt. The solution costs $8 per month - the problem cost me thousands in time lost. :B

STOP WORRYING! I found it - a nice little monster supplied with the laptop called 'keyhook' it's supposed to be for SiS Compatible SuperVGA Keyboard Daemon - switch it off and all's well - Bill Gates I hate you !