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  1. Cradders

    Formula not repeating in repeated rows

    Hi guys, Long time no post - that's cos my database has been working wonderfully. now I'm trying to tweak it with new stuff and again running into trouble. I've added a column to my invoice layout. to add an additional markup against itms. This references another field where I type in what...
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    Imported records not showing

    Hi guys, Here's another curly question for you. I'm importing data from an excel spreadsheet into my database. I've done this before into the same database and it's worked perfectly. This time, it goes through the whole process, says that it has successfully imported 147 records, but where...
  3. Cradders

    Creating Individual Record Print Preview Script

    Hi guys, I'm getting pretty fandangled on this FM thing now... so much so that I've gotten out of my depth (again) and need your trusty help. On my Invoice data entry form I have added a button "Preview Invoice" which I want to go to the 'Print Invoice' layout and show the details of the same...
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    Simple programming question, "does not contain data"

    How do I express the concept "does not contain data" or "does contain data" within a calculation: ie, within an If logic test, I want to insert text in a field If another field does contain data. Sorry I know this is probably really basic programming 101 but I'm not a programmer! Thanks...
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    Reset Serial Numbers to 0

    Helloo I've been importing data into my database to test it and now it's ready to import the real data, but i want the serial numbers to go back to 0 so it's like a brand new database. How can I reset them? I've emptied all the records out of it, and I'm ready to import the real data...
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    Can't overtype in a calculation field once in browse

    Hiya, Is it possible to do this? Logically it seems it should be but it doesn't want to work. Within my product catalogue table I have a field called "Description". In this table there is a field for "Product Type" which is a value list, one of the choices being "brochure". Under the...
  7. Cradders

    Imported image becomes negative when exported as PDF

    Well this is a curly one guys. I've got an image (it's our letterhead banner) which I'm using on a layout (Estimate) that ultimately gets exported as PDF - so it looks exactly like a normal estimate printed on a piece of our company letterhead. On the layout it looks fine. When I export it to...
  8. Cradders

    Can't Log in to my own database!!!

    I'm using Filemaker 7 on Mac. Yesterday I began creating a database which now has seven different interrelated tables, multiple fields and calcualtions and scripts and now I CAN'T GET INTO IT. I was working on a layout when it started behaving strangely: stopped showing me the new fields I was...
  9. Cradders

    Auto Populating Fields from an Alias Table

    Well having solved my previous problem so quickly thanks to you guys, :-D I've got another curly question for you. I'm sure I'm just doing something daft but I can't figure out what's going wrong. Here's what I want to do: Automatically populate Billing Address fields with Main Address data by...
  10. Cradders

    Using 'Today' in Filemaker Calculations

    Hi, I'm pretty new to Filemaker programming so you'll need to talk me through stuff in very basic terms. I'm creating a multi-relational database system to do all sorts of things I used to do with Excel - and although I understand the concepts of Filemaker I keep getting tripped up on simple...

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