Custom Records added onto PDF's

[imaslowmoose]

Hello,

I run a talent agency and I have just started using Filemaker to be more efficient in submitting my talent to jobs. I know how to do finds to filter out my database and export them to PDF's to send to clients however is there an easy way to select a random group of people out of my database and add them onto the report to export as a PDF? I apologize if I am not being clear enough can anyone help?

[bcooney]

Perhaps you mean, "I'd like to look at a list view, mark some records, and include them in a report that I'll Save as PDF and then email."

Is that what you mean?

[imaslowmoose]

Yes sorry i didnt explain it well.

[bcooney]

Your first challenge, then, is marking records. Is this a multi-user system? That is, do your marks differ from someone else's and they should be "session" specific?

If so, see link.

else, create a flag field, flag_Marked and place it on your list view formatted as a checkbox with a value list of 1.

[imaslowmoose]

This is exactly what I needed, is there a sample for a "Mark all" button?

[Vaughan]

Even if the solution is single user I advocate storing flag data like this in a global field (or, if needed to be persistent between sessions, a prefs record). It avoids editing the records and changing the modification dates and times etc..

[bcooney]

Thanks for the vote, Vaughan. Good points about mod changes.

A Mark All would loop through all the records, building the global:

Go to First

Loop

Set g_IDs = g_IDs & CR & _kP_ID

Next, exit after last

End Loop

However, if your goal is to then create a PDF report of the Marked, why would you need a Mark All? Perhaps it is to Mark All and then selectively unmark a few?