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Script Triggers v2  Mac  Win    Intermediate     Article    Version 10 v10
Article Discussing Script Triggers
Version two of this article appears in the Everything FileMaker 4 Reference from FMPUG. It includes a discussion of the new FileMaker 11 script triggers as well previously existing triggers.   (103k)
Resource ID: DBPros000998   
Custom Functions  Mac  Win    Advanced     Article    Version 7 v7
Article Discussing Custom Functions
This article on CustomFunctions appears in the Everything FileMaker 4 Reference from FMPUG. It includes a discussion of the four types of uses for Custom Functions including recursion.   (65k)
Resource ID: DBPros000999   
Hiding Menus  Mac  Win    Intermediate     Tip File    Version 11 v11
Use Custom Menus to Hide an Entire Menu
When Custom Menus first appeared in FileMaker Advanced, I presented a technique at the FileMaker Developer Conference for Dynamic Custom Menus. Instead of creating menus for every single layout or table, I was able to customize them with calculations to change based on the table attached to the current layout. For example, you could change the New Record menu item to New Customer or New Invoice without using multiple custom menus. The only thing I couldn’t do was remove a menu entirely. It was easy to remove a menu item by resulting in “” (blank) in a calculation formula. In the case of menus, they still appeared but with no name. With FileMaker 11, disappearing menus are now supported.   (29k)
Resource ID: DBPros000995   
Email PDF  Mac  Win    Intermediate     Tip File    Version 10 v10
Email a PDF Document
Lots of people ask me how to send a PDF document attached to an email so here it is. It uses the Get(TemporaryPath) function so the PDF documents are saved in a hidden folder that FileMaker cleans up for you.   (31k)
Resource ID: DBPros000996   
Totals by Page v3  Mac  Win    Advanced     Tip File    Version 9 v9
Totals at the Bottom of Each Page
The basic premise of this technique is to provide totals in the footer part. Getting a summary field to total by page without a subsummary part is a tricky endeavor. While this technique has been published previously, this version covers how to copy the values from the page. Thanks to Ray Cologon for submitting this technique.   (10k)
Resource ID: DBPros000994   
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