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Glossary of Terms

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Preview

Read-Only

Record

Script

Preview usually refers to a screen mode to see how records will look like when printed.

A Read-Only file cannot be saved, updated or written to. Electronic forms files are located in a Read-Only directory. They must be copied to a directory where the user has read and write priveleges.

A record contains the information you keep about one product, person, or transaction. A record corresponds to a paper form, such as a purchase order, which contains detailed information in many different categories.

A script instructs FileMaker Pro to carry out a sequence of specified tasks for a specific file. Scripts can have subscripts to perform additional tasks.

To build a script you define a set of steps you want the script to perform. When setting up a script, FileMaker Pro does not record your actions as you perform them. You choose steps and build the script based on the current state of the file.

To perform a script, you choose it from the Scripts menu or the Define Scripts dialog box. You can also create buttons in a layout to perform scripts or run specific commands.

Sort

Sorting rearranges records according to the entries in a field or a set of fields.

 

FileMaker Pro stores records in the order you add them. You can sort all records or

 

a group of found records and then browse, update, or print those records in the new

 

sequence. The sort order instructs FileMaker Pro to arrange records in ascending,

 

descending, or custom order. FileMaker Pro sorts by the first field in the sort order,

 

then by the second, and so on.

 

You can sort records in any mode except Find.

Source File

The file that contains the records or information that will be received or imported.

 

See also Destination File.

Subdirectory

See Directory

Wildcard

When making a find request, you can use wildcards to find words when you're not

 

sure of all the characters. FileMaker Pro looks for the words in text fields and in

 

calculation fields with a text result.

Window

A rectangular area on the screen desktop in which applications or documents

 

are viewed. Windows can be opened, closed, moved, and resized. Several

 

windows can be opened at the same time. Windows can be reduced to an icon

 

or enlarged to fill the entire desktop.

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Contents Electronic Forms User Guide Welcome to Electronic Forms User Guide IIndex of Topicsi Windows Runtime Forms Optional Buttons Electronic Forms User GuideEnglish tric New Form Entering Information Electronic Forms User GuideCheck Boxes, Pop-up Menus, and Radio Buttons Text Formatting Electronic Forms User Guide Browsing Records Electronic Forms User Guide Layout Status AreaLayout Dialog Box Browsing Records Electronic Forms User Guide Find Status Area Using Find ModeSymbols Definitions OmitWildcards Electronic Forms User Guide To sort records Sorting Records Electronic Forms User GuideFileMaker Pro has nine pull-down menus on the menu bar Form MenusFormat Printing Forms Selecting Print Options Troubleshooting Printer Problems Special Printing Requirements Str Cti s Layout ButtonsImporting Records into FileMaker Pro Exporting RecordsImport Field Mapping Exporting Records from FileMaker ProImporting and Exporting Selected or Sorted Records Supported Printers System SupportLong Print Times Printer / System TroubleshootingMulti-User Electronic Forms Appendix a Glossary of Terms Electronic Forms User Guide Glossary of Terms Electronic Forms User Guide Glossary of Terms Electronic Forms User Guide
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