Re: FileMaker Question

[Norman Leslie]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

One particular layout I was trying to achieve had more fields than  
records!


Your response forced me to go back and have another look at how I  
could achieve what I needed. The "little grey cells", to quote Hercule  
Poirot eventually kicked in. I have increased the "depth" of the body  
and "stacked" the fields for a record. The end result will do the trick.


Thanks to others for their input.


Norman Leslie
Bunbury
nwles...@mac.com



On 04/02/2009, at 8:08 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:



On 03/02/2009, at 6:11 PM, Norman Leslie wrote:


Hi Folks,

I haven't used FileMaker in a couple of years, so I am a little  
rusty.


I have checked FileMaker Support and Knowledge Base pages, as well  
as a general Google inquiry but couldn't find what I was looking for.


I would like to create a "Report Layout" with the records in  
columns and fields in rows - this is not an option in any of the  
Layout Templates, where the fields are in columns and the records  
in rows.


Can someone put me out of my misery?

This is for a project I'm doing for the Bunbury Entertainment  
Centre on a volunteer basis.


Thanks in advance

Norm Leslie
Bunbury



Filemaker's Layout Mode does not support this in any way. In fact  
I'm struggling to think of any database tool that does. By their  
very nature, you are always going to have many more records than  
fields, so a vertical arrangement of records displaying a set number  
of fields (allowing "endless" scrolling) is the natural and obvious  
approach. It's also much easier to make sense of.


Do you have any examples of the model you are trying to reproduce?

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Re: FileMaker Question

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 04/02/2009, at 8:28 AM, Neil Houghton wrote:


Hehe...

Just a very silly idea call it Irish lateral thinking...

Can you rotate the text 90 degrees in all the fields/boxes...

Then print in landscape layout...


Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself ;)


Cheers



Yes, you can do that, but it won't really solve the problem. The  
records will still be listed vertically.





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Re: FileMaker Question

[Neil Houghton]

Hehe...

Just a very silly idea call it Irish lateral thinking...

Can you rotate the text 90 degrees in all the fields/boxes...

Then print in landscape layout...


Sorry, sometimes I just can't help myself ;)


Cheers



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on 4/2/09 8:08 AM, Peter Hinchliffe at hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote:

> 
> On 03/02/2009, at 6:11 PM, Norman Leslie wrote:
> 
>> Hi Folks,
>> 
>> I haven't used FileMaker in a couple of years, so I am a little rusty.
>> 
>> I have checked FileMaker Support and Knowledge Base pages, as well
>> as a general Google inquiry but couldn't find what I was looking for.
>> 
>> I would like to create a "Report Layout" with the records in columns
>> and fields in rows - this is not an option in any of the Layout
>> Templates, where the fields are in columns and the records in rows.
>> 
>> Can someone put me out of my misery?
>> 
>> This is for a project I'm doing for the Bunbury Entertainment Centre
>> on a volunteer basis.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> 
>> Norm Leslie
>> Bunbury
>> 
> 
> Filemaker's Layout Mode does not support this in any way. In fact I'm
> struggling to think of any database tool that does. By their very
> nature, you are always going to have many more records than fields, so
> a vertical arrangement of records displaying a set number of fields
> (allowing "endless" scrolling) is the natural and obvious approach.
> It's also much easier to make sense of.
> 
> Do you have any examples of the model you are trying to reproduce?
> 
> --
> 
> Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services
> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913
> 
> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: FileMaker Question

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 03/02/2009, at 6:11 PM, Norman Leslie wrote:


Hi Folks,

I haven't used FileMaker in a couple of years, so I am a little rusty.

I have checked FileMaker Support and Knowledge Base pages, as well  
as a general Google inquiry but couldn't find what I was looking for.


I would like to create a "Report Layout" with the records in columns  
and fields in rows - this is not an option in any of the Layout  
Templates, where the fields are in columns and the records in rows.


Can someone put me out of my misery?

This is for a project I'm doing for the Bunbury Entertainment Centre  
on a volunteer basis.


Thanks in advance

Norm Leslie
Bunbury



Filemaker's Layout Mode does not support this in any way. In fact I'm  
struggling to think of any database tool that does. By their very  
nature, you are always going to have many more records than fields, so  
a vertical arrangement of records displaying a set number of fields  
(allowing "endless" scrolling) is the natural and obvious approach.  
It's also much easier to make sense of.


Do you have any examples of the model you are trying to reproduce?

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FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913

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FileMaker Question

[Norman Leslie]

Hi Folks,

I haven't used FileMaker in a couple of years, so I am a little rusty.

I have checked FileMaker Support and Knowledge Base pages, as well as  
a general Google inquiry but couldn't find what I was looking for.


I would like to create a "Report Layout" with the records in columns  
and fields in rows - this is not an option in any of the Layout  
Templates, where the fields are in columns and the records in rows.


Can someone put me out of my misery?

This is for a project I'm doing for the Bunbury Entertainment Centre  
on a volunteer basis.


Thanks in advance

Norm Leslie
Bunbury





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Re: FileMaker question

[Rod Blitvich]

Find the required records, then "print records being browsed"
Rod


on 2/10/07 11:22 AM, Diana & Graham Stevens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Is it possible to do conditional printing in FileMaker Pro 7? My
> husband wants to print labels for a few records from a database.
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> I still use FoxPro in Classic and can print just the records that
> meet a certain condition. I can't see a way to do this in FileMaker.
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> Diana
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[Diana & Graham Stevens]

Is it possible to do conditional printing in FileMaker Pro 7? My 
husband wants to print labels for a few records from a database.


I still use FoxPro in Classic and can print just the records that 
meet a certain condition. I can't see a way to do this in FileMaker.


Diana

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Re: Filemaker Question

[Roger P Kortas]

>
Hi Peter

Yes I should have said that, I am using 7 and server 8!

regards

Roger

>
>
> Original Message 
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: wamug@wamug.org.au
>Subject: Re: Filemaker Question
>Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:44:03 +0800
>
>>On 24/11/2006, at 12:22 PM, Roger P Kortas wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys
>>>
>>> Does anyone have some hints on how to get a user when they log in
>to
>>> go to a particular layout automatically per their user name??
>>>
>>> Any help would be wonderful.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Roger
>>>
>>
>>What version of Filemaker are you using? Things are very different  
>>between version 6 or earlier, and version 7 or later.
>>
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>>FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
>>Perth, Western Australia
>>Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913
>>
>>Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
>>
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Re: Filemaker Question

[Peter Hinchliffe]

On 24/11/2006, at 12:22 PM, Roger P Kortas wrote:


Hi Guys

Does anyone have some hints on how to get a user when they log in to
go to a particular layout automatically per their user name??

Any help would be wonderful.

Regards

Roger



What version of Filemaker are you using? Things are very different  
between version 6 or earlier, and version 7 or later.


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Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913

Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.

Filemaker Question

[Roger P Kortas]

Hi Guys

Does anyone have some hints on how to get a user when they log in to
go to a particular layout automatically per their user name??

Any help would be wonderful.

Regards

Roger