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I'm a botanist, and the tables I am working with are for tracking botanical garden collections. The data represents plants in the garden, and the plants are tagged and show up in the database. The tables I am working with were created in FMP 7, and I'd like to open them up in FMP 11 (or later.) Th...
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A button-attached script will perform error checking for field entries and then commit the record. I do NOT want a user to be able to commit a record by clicking outside a field, thereby avoiding using the button. Is it possible to disable this default Filemaker7 feature?
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Hello, All! I am an aspiring developer for Filemaker. The company I work with is stuck in the past working off of Filemaker Pro 4.1 I was given the task of bringing us up to Filemaker Pro/Server 13. So far my conversion prototypes are successful but we recently had a layout issue that can only b...
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I'm hoping my question can have a happy ending. In the mid-90's, I purchased Filemaker 3. When Filemaker 5.5 Pro was released, I bought the update CD, which requires the user to either have FM 3 installed or to have the installation CD for FM 3. I've used it all these years, most recently with Windo... -
I am using a custom filemaker solution for medical office billing written with fp5 running on a mac with snow leopard. In addition, I have a patient management db (which I wrote) that is linked through pt. ID number to the billing program allowing transfer of some demographic information (name, DOB,...
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Hi, can anyone tell me why my on-line database might have stopped allowing me to delete records? All of my access privileges and passwords are correct. thanks! -
Hi, I still use filemaker 5.5 and am very happy with it and don't want to upgrade. Does anyone still host filemaker 5.5? Thanks!
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Hello, I'm seeking the updater to FMP Developer 6.0v4 on windows platform. Download from FM is no longer available Does anyone still have it? Thanks in advance! Erwin EDIT: "OK, we found it back on an old backup system." -
Suddenly, after several years of use, FMP 6 won't open. (this happened on two not-connected computers). I get an error message "The feature you are trying to use is on a CD ROM or other disk not available. Insert FMP 6 disk" When I insert the original disk, it still doesn't work. When I uninstal...
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Hello everyone. I'm coming back to FM after few years I haven't used it so I'm a bit rusty. I have the 3 tables below: System Department Owner Department and Owner have a relation on the name so I have a conditional value list that allows me to filter the possible owners of a system ba...
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Hello All! I have a hugh problem. Today it works fine on my XP SP3 but the day I have to change computer I have to change platform from XP to 7 or 8. I have a huge number of registers working together so its no option to migrate those to FP7 format or re-write for FP7 as it would take to long tim...
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Hello, I lost my Filemaker Pro 3 CD, but it is still running under Windows XP. Now I want to change to Windows 7. I have an Filemaker Pro 5 Upgrade licence but I still need a CD for Filemaker Pro of a previous version, which I can also install under Windows 7. Does somebody know if it is possib...
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I know, why would anyone be using FM 5.5! I have a client that uses FM Server 5.5 and FMP 5.5. They somehow have the access privileges configured to the layout and field level with no groups. This setup also has standard users (by their shared password) set to not be able to edit records in the Acc...
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Hi guys -- I've FM 5.5v1 running on Mac OS 10.6.8. On one of the databases, everytime I created a new field FM would automatically enter it on the Table view but some weeks ago it stopped doing it. The database is around 90 fields so it's not too large. Does anybody know why and how to f...
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I have 6 golfers per team and I want the 4 lowest scores from each team to be a total team score, but I don't want to click any buttons, just enter each players hole scores and once the total 9 hole score is calculated for all six golfers it ranks them. I understand that there may be scores with the...
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Hi all! Does anyone of you run FM 5 on Windows 7 or 8? Do you have plugins from Schubeck pdf? Does it work? -Per
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Hi, I am trying to figure out a way I can have the user insert text based on choosing an option from a drop down list. I have a bunch of different "template" texts, to be used based on a situation... i can't figure out how to script it. vandy
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Hi there, I'm currently developing an ongoing solution where I have used decimal times. ie. 1.5 = 1hr 30mins, 3.75 = 3:45 etc. The reason I used decimal was clear to me at the time but now I would like to dispay the resulting calculation in "proper" time format. I could probably nut i... -
I have a couple of errors on the server and I am new to Filemaker. Below are three errors that have reported in the event viewer, application logs. 1. File "Promissory Note.FP5" could not be opened: either allow FileMaker Server to host Single-User files or set the file to Multi-User in FileM...
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I'm very newb when it comes to filemaker pro 7 but it is a beast i have inhereted. Here is all i want to do, i want to rename the usernames i have in pro 7 to a different name structure (currently it's lastname first initial and i want to change it to first initial lastname). As soon as i do that i...
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Hi. I'm new to the forum, and could really do with some help. I've made a Job Book FMP file. And got it all completed and ready to roll. Put a user and pass on it so it's secure. And completely forgotten the login details. Before I get flamed for being stupid, or accused of stealing th...
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Is there anyway that I can freeze a column like in Excel in a filemaker database? I have a DB with names that are the first Field column and I want to freeze the pane so when I scroll waaaay over to the right they'll travel with me
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I have a data base that I am keeping track of speeches each event creates a new record and I have it tied to a contact ID I just want a summary field listing all the talks this person gave with a comma between them......... I do not want to do a report layout just a calculation field listing the t...
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I'm trying to create a button that lists all client records where their birthday is due within x days. I.E. Press the button and there appears a list of clients who's birthdays fall within the next 30 days. I'm sure it's been done a hundred times, but the method has changed in FM7 and I'm stuck. I...
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Hello, I wanted to know what is the simplest way (if a way even exists) to send a filemaker page to someone through email and have them fill out missing forms remotely. After a cursory search, I see that there are several email pluggins for Filemaker, but I have little knowledge of the program, let...
