It's usually cheaper on Amazon. ::-) j.
On Jan 7, 2010, at 8:19 AM, J. wrote: > Will, Lee, Richard, Geoff, Stephen.... > > Thank you all for your information! I was so sure that I had to transfer it > to FM7 and then up. Since not, now I just need to put FMAdvanced for 2-3 > users in my budget and move forward. (btw, does that ever go on sale? > [doubtful]) > > Thank you again! > Jackie > > > > on 1/6/10 10:28 AM, Geoff Graham at [email protected] wrote: > >> On Jan 5, 2010, at 5:21 PM, Stephen Wonfor wrote: >> >> > Hi Jackie >> > >> > Will and Geoff make good points. Here's a different take on it. >> > ... >> > (Adding Refresh Window Steps that convert to Select Window and Exit >> > Record steps where you need a Commit after a cluster of SetFields) >> >> I did forget that the Commit Record script step often has to be >> sprinkled liberally into converted scripts; the 3rd major gotcha of >> fp5 - fp7 script conversion. It's the new window model, Jackie, that >> allows multiple windows to have multiple "current" records. FileMaker >> 6 and before only allowed one current record in the whole application; >> a set of scripts that bounced back and forth between files implicitly >> committed the current record data simply by exiting the script. (mostly) >> >> Now these tools the pros recommend; they will help for sure. They will >> also add a layer of complexity as you see everything you may or may >> not have wanted to know about your database. If I'm guessing right, >> you are a power user who has built or maintained their own custom >> database, learning as you go. As soon as you get to a point, say, >> where none of your scripts are working and you realize that you need >> to add a bunch of Commit Records, and it occurs to you that it would >> be swell if there was a way to spray them into all your scripts >> automagically; then you are a MetaDataMagic potential customer. At >> that point you will be able to decide that a dozen or two scripts will >> take about an hour to update and thus MDM is not worth the $300 to >> you; or alternatively, that your tangled mess of hundreds scripts is >> hopeless, that MDM is a huge bargain; and you know exactly what it is >> that you want it to do for you. >> >> Speaking of tools, I would recommend that you get the latest FM >> Advanced. You really will need the script debugger to step through and >> test scripts. You don't "have" to have it, in the same way you can >> rebuild an old Ford engine with only a pair of channel-locks and a >> screwdriver, but I wouldn't want to do it. >> >> Stephen ( and most of these wonderful people ) is a real pro; if >> anything I have said seems to conflict, then I would go with what he >> says. :) Btw, nice concise four stepper from Darren there Stephen; >> that's very handy. Thanks. >> >> Geoff >> >> ps. Converting an old file, I went to the file references in FM10 to >> clean those old paths to long forgotten drives, and saw a reference >> from my old machine to an old external drive I had forgotten about. >> Aha! That's where that project I worked on years ago is hiding. Now I >> just need to remember where that old drive is... >
