FileMaker Tips and Tricks
Kevin Frank digs into his bag of tricks for part 2 of his series and comes up with 11 good FileMaker Tips and Tricks.
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Tip #1: Get to know COALESCE
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Tip #2: FM/SQL dates revisited
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Tip #3: use the NOT operator to simplify logic
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Tip #4: Use “” in place of Get ( FileName )
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Tip #5: Addendum to the preceding
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Tip #6: Further addendum to the preceding
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Tip #7: Retrofit FM 14 check marks into FM 12 or 13 solutions
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Tip #8: Duplicating vs. Copying an Import Records script ste
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Tip #9: Find/Constrain/Extend via context menu
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Tip #10: Trap for missing layouts
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Tip #11: The “?” character evaluates to Boolean true
I don’t use SQL a lot, but I like the COALESCE command in Tips 1 and 2.
Tip 7 is very handy…I wonder if anything else works like that.
Tip 9: I had no idea I could Extend Found Set on selected text:
Tip 11: Great ideas and a good tip from Tom Fitch in the comments.
Read the whole thing!
Source: Tips ’n’ Tricks, part 2 | FileMakerHacks
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