Easy Custom Menus

[FileMaker Magazine]

by Matt Petrowsky

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When it comes to using Custom Menus within FileMaker Pro, I often get the impression that many developers consider this a "nice to have" feature - not the "go to" feature it could potentially be for any solution. You'll often here developers talk about teaching users "How to use FileMaker".

What this means is that not too many developers are taking advantage of Custom Menus.

Here's the trick. Put them in from the start.

Their lack of general use may be attributed to the process of creating them - it isn't quite user friendly. You have to be willing to dive into the dialogs in order to implement. Yet, FileMaker 12 made Custom Menus even more powerful - another good reason to use them.

The good thing about Custom Menus is that once you start the process it's any easy thing to keep adding to.

So, the goal is to start simply and implement menus as you develop your solution. If you take this approach, then the "hassle" of adding them after the fact isn't really a hassle at all.

Details: Released - 1/25/2013 / Size - 73.52 MB / Length - 32 min

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