On 2010 Jan 27, at 13:34, Charles Hartley wrote:
I've finally decided to upgrade from FMP 6 to version 10 as my version 6 is getting contrary under Snow Leopard. Can someone point me to what I need to know to change my current version 6 files into version 10 files? These files contain scripts, some of which have relationships with other files. I know I'm going from to a new file format, but I'm not sure what to expect. Version 10 has been ordered and will be here in a few days.
I can't remember exactly how Version 6 handled nested "If" statements, but be on the lookout for the "Else If" step. It really neatens things up a lot if you haven't been using it.
Another function that's had a major upgrade to its syntax is "Substitute". It used to be that you had to nest these individually and explicitly use the word "Substitute" each time. Now you can get by with just 1 occurrence of the word "Substitute" and use bracketed pairs to create long strings of nested substitutions, such as:
Substitute ( State Name, ["Wisconsin", "WI"]; ["Minnesota", "MN"]; ["Michigan", "MI"]; ["Illinois", "IL"] )
