FileMaker Pro 7.0
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How do I control the fonts, fonts, page size and formatting when printing Field Definitions and Script Definitions in FM Pro 16 onwards? I am trying to print out all my field definitions. (I know you can do this through the File>Manage>Database>Tables Print>all) I want to output this as a booklet (A5). But when I print that, it just makes everything smaller and unreadable. I do not like the font style (and size) and I want to customise the page so that it is readable in a booklet. At the moment, my option is to copy the definitions one-by-one into word or excel (or OCR the pdf) which is crazy when I am trying to speed up my workflow.
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If yes selected show a field, if no selected do not...
by Andrew6000- 7 replies
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Hello all. I have a series of fields. Each has a 'yes' or 'no' based on a simple value list. If the user chooses yes, i want another field to show up right next to it. If no, then nothing should show up. At the very least i would like it to skip the next field if the user selects no. Finally, this has to work automatically (from a calculation of somesort). Does this make sense? Thank you all so much!
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List view totals
by riannag- 1 reply
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I inherited FIlemaker Pro 7 at work and am having a difficult time, as this is my first time using it. Client payments are entered as a record. For tax reasons, I must generate an annual report for each client of their income including tax, their income minus tax, the commission my boss makes off of their payment, and the tax on my boss' commission. I've successfully created the calculations for each record. However, when I view it in list form, sorted by Client, it shows each of these fields separated by the date and project of the individual payment. I need an annual tally of each of these fields, not sorted by date or project the payments were for. For example. …
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Running fp7 on os 10.9.5
by Candace- 7 replies
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I created and installed a database using fp7 on my old macbook and on an even older mac mini which I donated to the school where I teach. I now have a new mac air with os 10.9.5 which will no longer support the old version of the database on fp7, but if I upgrade fp on my own computer the file will no long be compatible with the mac mini at the school and they can't afford to buy a new computer. Is there any way I can run the database created on fp7 on my computer so that the 2 versions can be compatible. (I hope this is clear!) Thanks in advance!
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fmp 7 upgrade for OSX mavericks
by Tamarisk- 10 replies
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I have been using fmp7 successfully on a macbook pro (intel) running OS 10.4.11 . I have got a new (2nd hand) macbook 2011 running mavericks and fmp7 is too old. My data bases are fairly simple, not needing anywhere near the full power of fmp7 never mind fmp13 - which I can't afford to buy anyway. Any suggestions for useful alternatives please?
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FMP7 fails to print some fields
by Barry L- 0 replies
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Hello, I've been using FM since version 2.0 to maintain records and organize information in a health-care office. Recently, I upgraded from 5.5 to 7.0. But I am having oddball problems. The main issue is when I print out the record of a client treatment session. Certain fields won't print, are left blank - although preview (ctrl-U) looks fine. Doesn't happen consistently - that's the most puzzling thing. The fields that fail to print are lookup fields from a client master-file w. name, age, etc, but also the date, which is auto-entered when the record is created. I created a clone and imported the records to it from the old file, but this didn't help.
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I'm a retired novice who set up a Filemaker pro 7.0 recipe file, made up of text lists My mac OS is upgraded to 10.7.5 and Filemaker 7.0 is not compatible. funds are limited and I really cannot afford the Filemaker upgrade. Is there someone in the Denver area that has capability of opening up the 7.0 file and then copying the text data to a Word or other mac text application file? I've tried office Depot and Office Max with no luck.
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I have multiple tables. The first Table you visit when opening the file asks you to set the City you are in. You select the city. This value, I then want to pass to all other tables, as it is the key in determining all other values from complex table lookups. However, I can't seem to get it to work. If I copy the field "City" from Table 1 and paste it into a layout in Table 2, enter Browse mode, the field is blank. There is no other relationship I can create, it is the lowest level match. All tables start from that setting (which city you pick). The other thing I tried was using a calculation field "City" in Table 2, say -- that sets its value equal to …
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hello Forum members, I am somewhat new to Filemaker Pro. I have just updated an old Filemaker 2.1 database to FM Pro 7. All of that went fairly smooth. My issue comes when I try to print out on my post cards. When I print out the post cards I get one the way I want it with customers first and last name, street line and then city, state, zip, this is perfect. But, then for some unknown reason I get two more cards printed without the city, state, zip line on each. The only place I can stop this from happening is on the printer properties if I select. Print Range - select circle Page 1 - 1. The issue is I cannot print out any more than one card at a time this way. …
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Having trouble with If function
by BerkeleyUser- 2 replies
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Hello. This may be very basic, but I can't seem to find the answers I need. I have questions about several fields: 1. I have a field called "Amt Pd," which contains both negative amounts (money I've paid to my workers) and positive amounts (money I've received from customers). 2. I also have a field called "PP Fee," which indicates the amount PayPal charges if someone buys my product using PayPal. (Not all do.) 3. I have a field called "Amt After PP," which is Amount Pd - PP Fee. Here's what I'm having trouble with: a. I want to add up the amount I have paid my workers. That is, I have a field in the Trailing Grand Summary called "Total Paid Out." How…
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Populating a calculation field from cross-table data
by Urbane0083- 1 reply
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Ok! Right foot forward and let's see what we can come up with. I have a database tracking players/participants/supporters in an organization. The first table of the database is all information about these members. The second table in the database allows for some administrative functions, which includes a roster generation. That, at least, is the idea, yet I have run into a snag. Details: On the first table, a person can be active, on vacation, or retired. This is indicated in a text field (pop-up menu, value list) called “Status”. I have a field called NonRetiredNames, which is a calculation field. It has the following equation: If (Status="Retired";"";Name). …
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Printing from Filemaker 7
by Mick_Dundee- 0 replies
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I have moved a database from from an Apple MacIntosh machine that was running Filemaker 5.5 to a Windows 7 platform running Filemaker 7. All seems well, apart from certain images on each record don't print out. The images are layered on top of one another and it seems that its printing the first one or the last one, I cant quite make it out. My question is, do I need to transfer or update printing drivers or settings in some way to make this work ?
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From File MP 7 to FMP 12
by ryanbern- 1 reply
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Please give advice for FM7 convert to FM12. Who can help me with step by step instructions? I need it urgently.:dispirited:
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Hello everyone. My first post. I want to access a FileMaker Pro 7 IWP database from a browser but the URL to contain the database name, account and login details. Basically an automatic login. It will only be stored on my laptop so no security issues. Currently I have the database name hidden and login in using guest account with extended privileges. I found something on the web and have attempted it as follows but get an error message " illegal parameter -authdb http://195.242.214.173/fmi/iwp/cgi?dbpath=%2Ffmi%2Fiwp%2Fcgi%p3F-db%3DLoginDemo%26-startsession&acct=account&name=demo&password=letmein&login=Login&-authdb Your help would be appr…
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Going from FM Pro 7 to FM Pro 11
by rancherlady- 0 replies
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I have used FileMaker Pro 7 for several years now and it is very adequate for my simple data base and reports. However we just upgraded our Mac to Lion and FM 7 no longer works. I still have access to an older computer that FM 7 works on and can switch over to it but I would prefer to change to FM Pro 11. Are there any problems I need to consider before making the move?
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I am building a library of documents with the fields: DocID, TempID,SpID, Title(1), Title(2), KeyAuthor, Authors, Organization, EqmtType, ClassType. This part is easy. The hard part is to organize mutilple tables for each document which has references with varying field information. I could use the same fields above. But the question is how to get started? The purpose is of the database is to: 1) to check to see if the reference is already in my library, 2) if not make a add-to list for the library, and 3) maintain a cross relationship of references and documents. i.e., know which doc is referenced by which doc.
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Placing jpg images
by jamesallyn- 1 reply
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Each record in my FMP 7 file includes a member ID number. I also have a folder with jpg photos and each photo is titled with the member ID number. When I import new records, how can I have the photo automatically placed into each record? I have a container field in the record and I can manually place each photo into that container field, but when I have over 1,000 new records, placing them by hand takes too much time. Thanks for your help.
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Try as I might, I can't seem to get a script to work which will copy field data from one database and then go to another database and paste that data into a filed in it. It should be simple, and I bet it is, but I just can't find any source that tells me how! Please help.
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forgotten password
by airyk- 2 replies
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I'm new to the department and retrieved some old Filemaker pro 7 files to retrieve some old data we now need. Unfortunately the guy who created them years ago no longer works here, and when I try to open the files it asks for a username/password. Is there anyway to get around this and get these files opened without it? thanks in advance.
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Checkbox to act like Radio button
by rcharamella- 4 replies
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Hi all, Newbie question here. I've been handed a filemaker project at work. One of the things they want me to do is have some checkboxes for Yes and No. But instead of one, they want one for each (they are trying to emulate a paper form). I suggested Radio Buttons, but they said No because it doesn't look like what's on paper. So, I need to make Checkboxes act like Radio buttons. How can I do this? TIA
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FMS11/FM11Pro Import Records Shedule
by DonDeEs- 13 replies
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Hi all. I am trying to import records into a FM database from another FM database in the same machine. The script is setup on the err.. child machine to show all records then import from the parent. The import is a straight update matched by unique datestamp. I can run this script fine from the local (child) file but the sheduled run of this returns an error. Firstly I have tried using the script to import from the file as a windows filepath. Next I tried to run it with the file as a remote IP address reference ie fmnet://host/filename. Lastly, I tried to run the script to import via ODBC. Each time I have set the file references by browsing, I have not …
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List View layout messed up.
by dbtug- 1 reply
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Problems with FileMaker I am using FileMaker Pro 7: In my database I have several layouts in list view. Some of layouts work just fine. In the others, the data only shows up in the top record of the list. I can browse the records by clicking on the pages or typing in the record number, but the data only shows up in the top record. I have 311 records in the database. When I print, it will print 10 pages, but the data only shows for the first record on each page. So I have 9 pages with the first record and then 33 blank records. The 10th page has the top record and then 4 blank records. I don't know it the file is corrupted or there is a way to fix the problem.…
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extracting numbers into a workable format
by Adam0703- 2 replies
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I am very much a novice when it comes to databases and filemaker so please keep that in mind if your generous enough to answer my question. I have a series of numbers listed in this sequence 2.8 9.10 9.13 14.20 3.0 7.0 13.3 13.6 0.4 1.7 4.10 6.12 2.5 2.9 4.11 6.11 etc these are actually football(AFL) scores so what I am trying to do is to seperate the numbers for each row. I would like to break the number down into 4 groups so for example group 1) 2.8 = 2*6 + 8 for an output shown as 20 group 2) 9.10 = 9*6 + 10 for an output shown as 64 group 3) 9.13 = 9*6 + 13 for an output shown as 67 group 4) 14.20 = 14*6 + 20 for an output shown as 104 so …
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Scripting a loop using a value list
by JColeman- 5 replies
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Hi, Don't know if this is possible or not, but.... We have a table containing various tidbits of project information, including the names of personnel who are the "project monitor" for respective projects. The personnel names are contained in a value list; when a new project is created, the name is chosen from the value list and plopped into the field. We periodically create reports summarizing the projects for each person. Is there a way to script report generation so that it will loop through the value list, automatically grabbing each person's name, and print the appropriate report? Currently, a user has to choose the name, then the report prints, then another…
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Problem with Printing Orientation in certain databases
by GilmoreShows- 1 reply
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Using FMP 7.0 in Macintosh Office environment. We have been having problems with our orders database for several months. When you print a record or records, they are always printed in landscape orientation. We have gone through the page setup and selected portrait, but we still get landscape. I have tried scripting a print button for printing current records browsed in portrait orientation and still only get landscape. We are now having the problem with our exhibitor's data base as well. When I print a record or records to pdf and then print the pdf, they are in the correct orientation. But this is not the solution. We need to be able to print one or two thousand reco…
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Help Needed
by postrider252- 0 replies
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Hello all, I am currently working in FileMaker 7. The non-profit that I work with will be moving to FileMaker 11 in the third quarter. We are developing a database to record data about scanned historical documents. Some of these items are multiple items. ie: a letter in an envelope. I have fields: SCAN NUMBER (auto entered serial number – can’t modify) RELATED ITEM (formatted as a radio button with values Primary and Secondary from a value list – Primary is the default). RELATED SCAN NUMBER (The primary scan numbered entered here if the scanned item is related) What I would like to have happen is that when the Secondary radio button is checked the Relat…
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doing taxes, adding numbers
by tomfuller- 2 replies
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I'm on a MacBook Pro, OSX 10.6.7. I have been using Appleworks 6 for years adding up tax deductions, etc. I'd enter amounts in DB, then convert the DB to a SS. Just found out Appleworks no longer works on my machine. I have used Filemaker Pro 7 for record keeping but never calculations. On FMP7, can I add up a long string of numbers, as on a SS? If so, how do I define a cell as the one stating the sum total of a list of expenditures? Thanks... Tom in Texas
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Check Boxes
by mariapf- 11 replies
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I am creating a form with lots of check boxes (yes / no or a tick). How do I easily create these. Thanks
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Hi I'm new here and I'm sorry to bother you when you've probably already answered this question a million times, but I've searched on here and found something similar although I can't make it work in my instance. I'm currently producing a database in FM7 for use as a Newsdesk for a Communications Team of 15 staff. They log all the calls they receive and ultimately need it to be able to produce monitoring reports periodically. These will need to show how many calls there were for a certain field eg. "Comms Officer", region, district, call type, subject, date etc. I've created a script that will find all the relevant calls (and obviously the total is detailed in the…
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Linking records with multiple field links
by mariapf- 2 replies
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I am creating a form which will help me timeline when some objects were created. To this I would like to add options such as linking it to exhibitions they were in. Some of the objects have not been in any, others have been in 20+. How can I link this sort of information to each object without just creating a massive list next to each object with all the details of each exhibition. How do i link a record to another multiple options list? Thanks, Maria
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