Creative Layouts
When first starting to use FileMaker, the templates you’re exposed to may impose certain conceptual limits on how you use the various areas of FileMaker Pro.
Take layouts for example, you use a form view to enter data and list view to view a list of options you can choose from.
There are, however, aspects of each of these areas within the application that lend themselves to abstracted uses. While List View may be used most of the time for viewing a list of data, this isn’t forced upon you.
FileMaker’s layout parts are simply parts of your display area which can be used in creative ways. In this video, I showcase how I’ve used the body area of a List View in order to maintain statically positioned Header and Footer areas while treating the body as a single form view.
There are also creative ways to use Sub-summary parts by conditionally showing or hiding them as desired. This is commonly called “Sorting on a garbage field” - or, at least I’m calling it that.
If you’re looking to expand your creative thinking with how data can be displayed within FileMaker Pro, then this video will certainly have what you’re looking for.
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Tournament Brackets
Hi Matt,
I was lead to this video by someone when I was asking in a forum about how to create this exact type of database. Would you happen to have a full version of this video showing how it is created or a more detailed version of it by chance? I was looking at creating this for our Girl Scout troop for some of the races that we do throughout the year.
Thank you,
Troy
Troy Normandin