Scroll Bar

[garym]

Hi.

I'm relatively new to Filemaker and have been trying to figure out how to get rid of the main window scoll bar when not in use. At the moment the scroll bar is always greyed out when not needed. This interferes with the look of the window if I place a grey fill graphic at the top to extend the title bar down to form the background of a menu bar. The right hand side can't cover the scroll bar so the window doesn't look like a "real" application. Because of this I've been looking at using Runrev Revolution as a front end to a database. It allows objects to be automatically resizable (now available in FM9 according to the website) and complete control of the windows.

Maybe this is not possible? Can anyone shed some light on this. I can't be the first to ask the question, but I could find ay mention of it on the Forums.

Thanks

Gary

[JesseSFR]

I am not entirely certain that I understand you correctly but I think what you are trying to do is get ride of the scroll bar that is built into the application. Unfortunately, FileMaker does not allow for any changes to the actual application itself so you won't be able to accomplish the removal of the side bar completely. As far as Runrev Revolution goes I can't speak for it's abilities but it appears to be based on more robust scripting languages which does add flexibility but won't be nearly as easy to put together as a FileMaker solution. Also Filemaker 9's conditional formatting is definitely a nice feature for layout development but won't provide you with what you are looking for.

I would try out FileMaker a little more thoroughly before moving on to other applications or look into something like using Rfm and Ruby on Rails to build a front end for it.

Hope this helps.

[garym]

Thanks for your help. I thought that was the answer. Maybe Filemaker 10 will have this feature. I'l have a look at Rfm and Ruby. Keep up the FM tips.