Hello, I'm working on finalizing my database -- I've come a long way! Regrettably, the wall I've recently hit is a pretty big one. A lot of my...

Lemur

07-22-2006 06:37 AM
Lemur

I run a high school yearbook workshop and I'd like to email all 400+ registrants their particular info (program, amount paid, amount due, etc.). I do...

Steve Bailey

07-21-2006 07:25 PM
Steve Bailey

I dont want to use different tools to do the things i want. Noe i have a database for projectmanagement in ms access dut it not user freindly so...

Pieter geerts

07-21-2006 05:15 PM
Pieter geerts

We have an application that we would like to make an automatic copy of the file. Is there a way or a utility we can purchase that will let us do...

AT

07-21-2006 04:55 PM
AT

I would like to host a Filemaker 5 file on a Windows Server 2000 computer. However, when I try to connect to the filemaker 5 file using the hosts...

AT

07-21-2006 11:00 AM
Datagrace

Hi all, I have a FM7 database that I'm sharing with instant web publishing. One of the data entry fields is validated against another FM database to...

tedM

07-21-2006 02:08 AM
tedM

Hi, I have uploaded a .gif pic to the web to illustrate this question. www.fransysco.net/FM1.gif I have a gigantic table with more than 2 million...

Anne-Marie Degraies

07-19-2006 10:09 PM
JoeZ

This is more of a logic problem than a FileMaker problem, and could probably be applied to any program doing a mail merge. I have a layout that...

Joseph O'Brien

07-19-2006 09:37 PM
AT

hi folks, hope y'all can help me. I've integrated the GoogleAPI call into my data server, and I'm doing an ODBC import into Filemaker 8.0v3 (Mac OS...

Phantom

07-19-2006 05:50 PM
Phantom

I am trying to reset all my item id serials to reflect year, month, and incremented serial with a V on the beginning. In the Define database Setup, i...

Flink

07-19-2006 05:26 PM
Matt Wills

Last time I posted this question I neglected to mention I'm working in FM8, Mac OSX. It seems that I cannot drag and drop an image file into a...

Greg Dember

07-19-2006 05:12 PM
Ursus

You're free to specify the "no archive" bit of course, and I obviously agree with you that real names and email addresses are worth the spam risk....

AT

07-19-2006 09:47 AM
AT

Thank you guys for your wonderful help. It is working fine now. It is always the simple tasks that seem to trip me up. I greatly appreciate all your...

Rod

07-19-2006 08:20 AM
Rod

A-hah! It's a bit clearer now, I'll get stuck into it now. Thanks again Martin. Mark. Martin Trautmann wrote:

AT

07-19-2006 07:55 AM
mgfilemaker

Hello, i have a filemaker server 5.5 with some shared files. I don't understand how use ODBC with these files to import a databse in OpenOffice...

polpe

07-19-2006 02:07 AM
polpe

Hi, I've seen this done before but I can't remember how to do it. I have an indexed field, "X-field", in a table X. I want to obtain a text list of...

Anne-Marie Degraies

07-18-2006 08:25 PM
Bill Marriott

Are there any free online guides to calculations that you guys have found useful? I would like to know a summary of each of the calculations (and...

Moneydick

07-18-2006 06:48 PM
Datagrace

It appears to be not possible to drag and drop an image file into a container field. It seems that I must use the insert menu option and pick a...

Greg Dember

07-18-2006 10:24 AM
Albert

Another cosmetic question --- I like using pop-up menus, but on my layouts I often find it frustrating that, unlike, say, radio buttons where the...

Albert

07-18-2006 10:21 AM
Albert

Does anyone know of a way to reset the 'Open Recent' List under the file menu? I've tried changing the number of recently opened files to 1 in the...

AT

07-17-2006 07:12 PM
Howard Schlossberg

I need some help with subtotaling information in portals – let me explain specifically: I have a file called “Players” and another called “Games.”...

Lemur

07-17-2006 01:15 AM
Helpful Harry

I recently needed to produce barcodes from FMP and discovered the Free3of9 barcode (aka code 39) font at many places...

nylon.net

07-16-2006 11:07 PM
Marc-André Paiement

Hi -- a cosmetic query I really like using the radio button data entry option in a variety of situations, but I've always found it a bit stiff when...

Albert

07-16-2006 07:18 PM
Bill Marriott

Just thought I'd take a shot, though not optimistically. . . Is there a way to use dingbat-like symbols as characters in a Value List? I'm dealing...

Albert

07-16-2006 12:23 PM
Bill Marriott

Hi Matt, I just downloaded the FM8.5 trial to see if Paste Text Only worked with Custom Menus on the Macintosh. You'd indicated that it did,...

Abbott Schindler

07-16-2006 11:30 AM
Abbott Schindler

As I create some of my layouts I want to show the shortcut for a particular task. I want to use the symbol for the Cmd key, the 4 loop thing. I am...

TKnTexas

07-15-2006 04:21 PM
Helpful Harry

I think that this will find the last date of any given month date(mymonth +1 , 0, myyear) Quentin Rit "Martin Trautmann" <t-use (AT) gmx (DOT)...

Anne-Marie Degraies

07-15-2006 05:30 AM
Quentin Rit

Hello, I'd like to change a password in about 15 files & would prefer not doing it manually in each one. Would anybody have a clue ? Mac - Tiger -...

sr

07-15-2006 05:03 AM
sr

I am using Windows XP and FMP 7. I have one file set up in an office that has two networked computers, one a desktop and the other a laptop. The...

Stephen Larivee

07-14-2006 02:50 PM
Stephen Larivee

The new Filemaker Server v4 update changes the look of Instant Web Publishing databases and overwrites the iwp_auth.html page. Fields that once...

Dennis Dalziel

07-13-2006 08:07 PM
Bill Marriott

Hi, My FileMaker 8 Advanced Randomly Crashes with a message "Error Signature AppName: filemaker pro advanced.exe AppVer: 8.0.3.349...

AT

07-13-2006 05:04 PM
Bill Marriott

I have a database that I'd like to sort by the last time I edited an entry, not just by the date created. Is there anyway to do that?

AT

07-13-2006 04:34 PM
Bill Marriott

Can somebody give me advise on how to convert older Filemaker 4 documents (on an very old Mac) to Filemaker Pro 6 on a Windows based PC? My problem...

Fakke

07-13-2006 09:50 AM
Bill

Hi All, I'm going to start working on data exportation from an FM database. I have to do a monthly sales summary by product. I was thinking of...

Anne-Marie Degraies

07-13-2006 07:37 AM
Anne-Marie Degraies

Hello, I've finally gotten around to creating custom menus for a number of my FM8 files (using FM8 Advanced v8.0.3 on OX X 10.4.7). The menus work...

Abbott Schindler

07-12-2006 08:40 PM
Abbott Schindler

Hi Group - I'm an experienced FMPro user, currently on FMP8Adv in both Windows and Mac environments. I am interested in using FMPro with XML data...

James

07-12-2006 05:09 PM
James

In FM8, I am automating the process of FTP-ing an exported file to a server. I'm testing the plugin "FTP-it" and am very pleased. The local file...

Greg Dember

07-11-2006 11:28 PM
FP

FM 8.5 sounds great but at A$250 for an upgrade they can kiss my proverbial especially as the US$99 upgrade price equates to A$131.66 Brad

brad anderson

07-11-2006 07:17 PM
brad anderson

Hi to all. I ould like to export in CSV format a pro 5 databae. Could you point to me how I mut do Thank

Martin Boulte

07-11-2006 06:00 PM
TKnTexas

Using 8.5 on mac osx. I have a layout where three of the fields you can select from a drop down value list are clients picked from a related table....

Moneydick

07-11-2006 03:37 PM
Bill Marriott

FMWebschool Inc. releases IPOST Web and IPOST CC for FileMaker Pro 8.5 The New Universal and cross platform plug-in runs natively in FileMaker Pro...

FMWebschool

07-11-2006 12:02 PM
FMWebschool

Hi All, I just got a functional inventory database up and running, -whew, but now I am a bit stuck. I have two inventory files, one for...

AT

07-11-2006 10:36 AM
Grip

Hey people i am new to filemaker pro but so far i love what i see however i am using the BPS download from the filemaker site as i run a small...

bvb

07-11-2006 10:32 AM
Nick Trimmis

Assuming that I have a record with a portal. In the portal are values from 5 users -- their names and their scores (which means, 5 record in the join...

Lemur

07-11-2006 08:04 AM
Lemur

FileMaker ships 4 new Universal Application products with up to 116% faster performance for FileMaker Server 8.0 v4 and up to 91% faster performance...

Bill Marriott

07-10-2006 11:15 PM
Daniel E. Harlow

Hi I have to upgrade the hardware a FileMaker 8 database is running on. It's currently installed on some spare box, using non-Server...

AT

07-10-2006 04:41 PM
Datagrace

Hi all, I'm trying to set up a system that sends out e-mail reminders through Outlook, based on dates found in a Filemaker file. I know that...

AT

07-10-2006 09:44 AM
AT

hi again, the advanced version 8 of filemaker offer a "runtime maker" to allow an application to be deployed without the overhead and expense...

AT

07-10-2006 07:54 AM
AT

I've got a lot of product data in a filemaker 8 databse that I would like to publish on the web. I know almost n oting about the web side of...

Luke Siemaszko

07-09-2006 06:21 PM
Daniel E. Harlow

Hi all, This has probably been thrashed to death but I can't find it. What is the best way to dynamically update an inventory quantity when...

Doug

07-09-2006 04:38 PM
Aryeh