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[nick190]

As a first post, let me start by introducing myself. My name is Nick, and I currently work at a drag strip (motorsports facility), as a racetrack announcer, and am looking to make a simple program to solve my problem. The computer we use displays us racer information when the racer comes to the starting line, and though the information is readily available, it is not displayed for anything but elimination runs. The other announcer and myself would like to create a program for our laptops that would provide us with the same information...no problem, that takes only 2 seconds. The feature we are looking for, is to be able to do 2 at once on the same screen. These are simple fields, such as driver name, class, car make, accomplishments, and car number. If a picture could be added, that would be great too. Can anyone please point me in the right direction to work on getting this accomplished. Thanks in advance! Oh yeah, and I think it's obvious that my knowledge of filemaker is next to none!

-Nick

Old Bridge Twp. Raceway Park

[Ugo DI LUCA]

Welcome to the Forums.

"The feature we are looking for, is to be able to do 2 at once on the same screen."

Could you be more specific ? This seems like a network problem to me.

[nick190]

Sorry, I guess I could have been a bit more clear. Basically each racer would have filled out a card ahead of time, so that i may enter their information into a database. That way, I can use the find screen to type a car number or name, and get the rest of their information. A drag race has two cars on the track at the same time. Therefore, I would like to be able to pull two seperate sets of fields (driver information) from the same database and have them displayed on the screen at the same time.

-Nick

[Fenton]

Ugo, I think it's simpler. Nick really means it when he says "next to none." We all have to start somewhere. How many records (rows to you spreadsheet jockeys) FileMaker shows on any given screen size is determined by how tall the Body part is, and the View. The records will be in "vertical" orientation, one above the other. If you "View as List" an nearly infinite number will show.

In Layout mode just get all your fields into the top half of the screen (more or less), then pull the Body tag up (it's on the left, may be at the bottom left).

You can put such things as a screen title and labels in the top Header part. There's only one of them; it doesn't repeat. Don't make it too tall.

Delete the Footer part (at the bottom), unless you really want it; it's using screen space. The entire Header and Footer show (unless they're bigger than the screen), and as many of the Body records that fit in between. Make sure your Body fields don't touch the Header.

That's the basics; there's a little more to the application however :-)

[nick190]

Sorry, but I think the question's been misinterpereted again. I have the fields layed out as I want them for 1 racer. I have Car Number, Car Type, Name, Engine Type, Interesting Facts, and Accomplishments, not necessarily in that order. I can create a record for each racer just fine. In drag racing though, there is a left lane and a right lane. I would like to have the screen in two parts, left and right, to be able to look up the information for two different racers at the same time, and have them displayed on the same form.

[MarkWilson]

Nick,

In a form view, you could use two portal, one for the left lane and one for the right lane. Set up two relationship, LeftLaneCarID::CarID and RightLaneCarId::CarID. When you enter the 'CarIDs' for the race the information will be visible in their respective portals.

[Ugo DI LUCA]

Thanks for the enlightment.

As a Car Racing fan, I was sure there was to be something I didn't understood.

Mark suggestion will just lead you there, even without a portal, by just using those fields from these 2 'relationships', in Form View.

[Fenton]

Ah, left and right.

[nick190]

Nick really means it when he says "next to none."/quote]

Sorry...but I'm lost again. If anyone would be so gracious as to send an e-mail, I will gladly send you the file so you can see exactly what I'm working on and intend to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nick

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