ISO FileMaker Magazine

You've wondered what the Halt, Exit, Resume and Pause options are when assigned to a button with Perform Script. You also need basic password access to lock off certain areas of your user interface. What do you do?

You watch this video and use the associated file to learn about the easiest solution to add secured access to your files. You can lock off areas of your interface, such as configuration and controls or you can limit access to layouts with sensitive data. By forcing the user through a locked process you can exercise the control you know you need.

In this video article you'll find information about one of the most fundamental aspects of linking records together to create a hierarchical chain of associated records. Ever wonder how you can keep track of a part that has many subparts in which those subparts may have many subparts themselves? This is the article to teach you.

Watch this video and comb through the associated file to gain a solid understanding of working with hierarchies in databases.

This video article is a short walk through of a useful technique that shows you how to use key combinations to quickly increment and decrement the values in a date field.

The technique also exposes you to a universal approach to scripting, where one script will function in multiple situations. Learn the power of creating a universal script.

It's the age old question most commonly asked about a database that manages data from multiple sources. "How do I remove duplicates?"

As always, there's more than one road into Rome, and you can tag duplicates using a script or by disallowing them into the database upon import. But when you need to visually see the duplicates and compare records based on the most recent then you need the easiest and best way possible. That's where this article solves the problem. Watch this video and use the technique file to see how it's done.