15 minute tabs - Global Error

[Neville310]

I have been working an interface solution for some time now. One solution has form the basis for my interface; 15 Minute tabs (http://www.filemakermagazine.com/) . In order to develop my own solution, I re-created Matt Petrowsky solution. My re-creation left me with some perplexing questions.

First, one particular text box disappears when I place a background pattern on the body part. The text box just has a caption and is not attached to any field. When I remove the background on the body part, the text box appears in Browse. The Text box appears in layout with or without the background. I tried Arrange > To Front and still could not resolve this odd behavior.

My second question relates to the 15 minutes solution itself. It has a major limitation when entering Find mode. The Interface graphic vanishes. Upon reading the comments at filemakermagazine.com, someone suggested converting Tabs_Display into a GLOBAL. Filemaker will not allow me to change this field to a global. Filemaker keeps returning the following error message.

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[RalphL]

It sounds like you are clicking in the wrong place. To store a field as a global check the box in the upper part of the dialog box.

[Neville310]

Ok, the global error has been over come. But it was related to a FileMaker 7.0 bug; and the FileMaker Update 7v.3 resolved the situation.

The text box disappearance related to a one pixel shift into the header.

I am still developing a tab solution with considerable difficulty. The Find mode gotcha presents additional development or other hacks. The main issue relates to my elementary knowledge of scripting in FileMaker. I am still learning the workarounds and basic concepts. Let me know if you have any sample exercises and databases to build upon my reference book resources.