Newbies BrendanK Posted July 13, 2007 Newbies Share Posted July 13, 2007 FM 6 Database running over Macs of all ages -eMacs, iMacs (anglepoise, standard screen and widescreen models), G4 towers with 17, 19 and 24 inch screens. Current design of database layout seems based on 12" screen in use when dbase was written. I am not a programmer, but maintaining the database/ work record has fallen to me. Is there an elegant (and easy) way of maximising the layout area that will optimise/maximise the layout for these various screensizes? Currently the onscreen size is only a portion of the screen real estate available. Dragging the bottom right corner of layout when in BROWSE reveals part of next record. Can this be avoided by somehow locking out the ability of end user to 'stretch' the Browse window? Changing magnification is not the answer. I would like to utilise any extra space to clean up a busy Data Entry screen I suppose I'm really looking for a way of defining an optimum layout size that the smallest screen can cope with? So many questions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 FileMaker 9 introduces the ability for layout objects to resize with the window. While it has some limitations, it's very nice and will go far to doing what you want. The alternative is to design multiple versions of the screen layouts, each for a diferent size, and use scripted navigation to select the right size for the current window. This is nice but it's a lot of work, and a maintenance load. "Dragging the bottom right corner of layout when in BROWSE reveals part of next record." Only if the layout is in List view. Change it to Form view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybaudi Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Dragging the bottom right corner of layout when in BROWSE reveals part of next record. Hi check your view ! It must be set to "View as Form" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ender Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 I suppose I'm really looking for a way of defining an optimum layout size that the smallest screen can cope with? Greetings Brendan! We had a pretty useful discussion about this very topic over in the Cafe a little while back. It's good reading: http://www.filemakertoday.com/com/showthread.php?t=11390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies BrendanK Posted July 13, 2007 Author Newbies Share Posted July 13, 2007 Thanks for these tips. How could one achieve this... A field (dropdown value 1-5) to indicate the Proofreading stage of a document. I can cope with that, but it would ideally have an associated datestamp for each stage. stage 1 May 1 Stage 2 May 5 Stage 3 May 7 etc Thanks in advance for your input Brendan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 You could use 5 buttons to set (or clear) the 5 date fields. The stage itself could be a calculation based on which date fields are filled/empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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