Steven Cappiello Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 I have a little database that is trying to track resume information on professionals I work with. Only problem is, their resume sections differ wildly in length and complexity. Is there a way I could get FileMaker to adjust to various lengths in sections of information? For example, if a person's work experience section spans 3 pages, yet their "awards" section lasts one,... do I have to handle this with the wonky "sliding" feature?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Yes, use the "wonky" sliding feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies JP Kehoe Posted January 11, 2011 Newbies Share Posted January 11, 2011 Yes, use the "wonky" sliding feature. I am having the same problem - can I ask what exactly is the "wonky" sliding feature? Many thanks JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 "Wonky" is not my term, ask the original poster what they meant by it. My guess they have little respect for FileMaker's Sliding/Printing feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2D2 Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hi ! I also cannot figure out how to print fields with different size of contents. I have a text field which can contain text from 1 row to several dozen rows spanning to multiple pages. In the end of the print should be my contact information which I have placed to Trailing grand summary part. When I print I get only a few rows of the text depending the size I make the text field. I have tried this sliding option but I don't know if how big I should make the text field. Or is there something again I'm missing ? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Look into FileMaker's "sliding/printing" feature. Basically you make the fields large enough to accommodate the largest amount of text, and FMP shrinks the fields up with printing or in preview mode (so it does not work in browse mode). For this reason you'll probably need a browse layout and a print layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcooney Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Another way to handle printing large blocks of text is to use Bruce Robertson's Virtual List technique. Here's a link to a description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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