Tigerstrike

Thank you for the suggestion. I keep getting a Javascript error when trying to go to the search page. I put your cdml in the link page (page before the search page). Here's the whole cdml link: FMPro?-DB=VendInv.fp5&-Format=vinvsearch.htm&<input type="hidden" name="Vendor" value="[FMP-Field: Vendor] What am I doing wrong? Thank you, TS

Hi, I'm having a hard time passing information from two different databases using CDML. I have a database "login" for storing login information, then I have a database "invoices" which holds information about customer invoices. After they login to the "login" database, I want to pass the company name so that when they do a search in the "invoices" database they can only search on their company name. In other words, when they login and transition to the search page for invoices I want a field that defaults (and shows) their name, then searches the "invoices" database for their company. It should also be noted that on the search page I wish to have other search criteria, like date, available. Any ideas/help will be greatly appreciated, everything I try seems to not work. Thanks in advance. TS

Hi Ender, My apologies on the double post. I didn't realize the same people frequented both forums, I thought by posting in both spots I might be targeting different audiences - I'll know better in the future. Here's something to add. I used to be able to index my total price field (the summary field). Every year I duplicate the invoice database I use. Year before last, I could search the INDEXED field. Last year when I created an empty duplicate of the file, the indexing somehow turned itself off. Doesn't that seem kind of strange? That I could but now can't? I haven't changed versions of FM or anything major. It's a head scratcher. Tiger

I have a database which has some VERY basic accounting calculations, as follows: Quantity * Unit Price = Cost Sum(Cost) = Total Cost Total Cost + Tax = Grand Total Here

I'm using FileMaker Pro v6.x on a Macintosh. I've created a custom web solution using CDML. It's a simple form that I want people to fill out online. Part of the form is a list of available newsletters our members can sign up for. For this list I'm trying to use a check box field. Here's my CDML: </B></FONT>[FMP-VALUELIST: services, LIST=services]<INPUT TYPE=checkbox NAME="services" VALUE="[FMP-ValueListItem]">[FMP-VALUELISTITEM: Always, HTML] [/FMP-VALUELIST] The field displays correctly in the browser (any browser), but when you try to submit the form I get the following error: "Your attempt to edit a record failed because of the following:" There's a scroll bar in the error box, but I cannot scroll the message. Any thoughts/help/ideas? Thanks in advance. Tigerstrike

MoonShadow, Man, that calc worked like a charm! Thanks much! Cheers, Tigerstrike

Howdy, I'm trying to create a simple calculation field. The field combines two other fields into one. The first of the fields is simply text (ie: ABC), the other field is a serialized number field (ie: 00123). The problem I'm running into is when I try to combine the fields, using a simple calc, FileMaker truncates the leading zeros in my serialized number (ie: ABC + 00123 = ABC123, no zeros). a) Why on earth does FileMaker drop the zeros? Is there a simple way around this issue? As always, thanks for any/all help. Cheers... Tigerstrike

Good afternoon forum, I have a database which I use to send out customer and vendor correspondence. Until now we've simply printed out the letters and faxed them off. Now that we have email addresses for most of our contacts, I'd like to be able to automatically generate an email with the appropriate letter attached as a PDF. I've gotten the email part down using the "Send Mail" script step. Here's my question: Is there an easy way to generate a PDF in Mac OS X & FM 6.x? Right now my script stops at the print command which allows me to manually do a "save as PDF" in the Mac OS X print box, then I manually save over the last version of the file (something.pdf), then my script continues and does the email creation attaching the file I just created/saved. Surely there's got to be a simpler/easier way? Thanks for any/all help! Tigerstrike

Gary, Thank you so much, worked like a champ! Cheers mate! Tigerstrike

Hi all, My 1st post, here's hoping someone out there can help. I still use Claris HomePage to do my CDML coding (remember HomePage Mac users?) because I'm not all that good at CDML/HTML. I have a solution which uses a text field to store website addresses (ie: www.apple.com). There's a piece of CDML coding which then makes this a clickable link on my webpage, the CDML looks like this: <A HREF="http://[FMP-Field: Website, url]">[FMP-FIELD: Website]</A> This works great for "generic" websites, ie: www.apple.com - the problem is when I try to use a more direct/detailed link, ie: www.apple.com/itunes.html. The CDML above likes to add a backslash to the end of the URL, so that www.apple.com/itunes.html becomes www.apple.com/itunes.html/. This makes the link non-functional (it thinks it's looking for a server, rather than an actual page). Is there any way I can fix the CDML above so that it doesn't add the / at the back of the links? Or, is there some other way to code this so it'll do the same thing? Hope I didn't leave out any important details. Any help will be HUGELY appreciated. Cheers, Tigerstrike Version: v6.x Platform: Mac OS X Panther