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FileMaker Pro Tips, Tricks and Demos
• Hierarchical Portals Advanced (demo)
It is highly recommended that you familiarize yourself with the basic concepts in the Hierarchical Portals demo (above) before delving into this one. The purpose of this file is to take a look at ways to extend the functionality of hierarchical portals with finds and sorts that take advantage of their unique characteristics.
 HierarchyAdv.zip
• Mail Merge (demo)
It is easy to add mail merge functionality to your contacts databases in FileMaker Pro. This can be accomplished by adding a Letters table to your contacts database and a calculation field using the Substitute() function to insert actual data into a letter template used to print or email personalized letters. In this file, we will demonstrate the management and usage of letter templates.
MailMerge.zip
• Portal Line Shift (demo)
Let’s say your a capella band, the ‘B’ Naturals, has a gig coming up. You have a database of 12 songs that you want to be in your first set. Since you’re musicians, you will argue about the order of the songs, and need a quick way to reorganize them. Portal Line Shifter to the rescue! This demo shows how you can slide your songs up and down the portal to the optimum position.
PortalLineShift.zip
• Record Navigator (demo)
This is a sample of easy record navigation using a portal. Click on any of the listed records on the right side to navigate to that record. Notice also that the item on the portal itself becomes bulleted to indicate that you are viewing one of the selected records. This type of solution can be useful when you need to add access restrictions to your layout and or menus, and want to limit access to certain categories, or record types in an easy manner.
RecordNavigator.zip
• View more FileMaker tips, tricks, and demos.
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