But I have set up additional fields in which I merely link to a second set, stored outside my solution, so I can open them immediately in their native apps with just a mouseclick.Ĭopy/paste of functions. You can't open those stored files directly you have to export them. Piece of cake to create fields that let me import them in both pdf and rtf formats. I've decided to keep actual copies of all my "inventory" of texts in this solution. I added other fields for images that enable me to store copies of sample covers of issues (most of these prospects are publication) or their institutional logos, as well as portraits of the contact persons themselves (if I can find them online, or have them in my image files). This enables me to update their latest changes of address, personnel, etc., directly from their online info, without leaving FMPro. In the solution I'll talk about shortly, I created a field/window in which the homepage of my prospect opens automatically, with navigation buttons that let me move around in their site. The simplicity of adding fields for media. Even if you don't pre-plan it as such, you can turn a solution into a tabbed layout subsequently if the original starts to get cluttered and you need more room for your fields, or if it makes sense to organize your fields and data via specific-purpose layouts. This allows larger fields, larger fonts, more open space in a layout. The ease of creating and working within tabbed layouts. Some of my favorite features of FileMaker Pro 9 in its latest iteration: Spice this with the generosity of FileMaker Pro in designating me as a reviewer for its last several iterations, and - that's where the story begins. Throw in the news that over the past two years I have increasingly moved my professional activities as a professional writer and curator into the database environment. Add to that the information that I have dubbed around in database creation and modification since going all-Mac and starting to work in AppleWorks circa 1998 (recently migrated to Word, since AW reached EOL), and have used various elementary AW databases (a few of which I created) and FMPro freeware solutions (a few of which I tweaked) going back to FileMaker Pro 5.
Start with the fact that I don't qualify by any standard as a Filemaker programmer or developer.
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