Matt I have seen some of the videos you create for filemaker training, can
you tell me what software you use only I am looking at creating some in
house training videos on how to use a database we have developed (Non
Filemaker)

FMP 7 Developer, WinXP
I have a couple of databases I work on regularly. They all worked shipshape.
Not anymore since I have installed a backup program (retrospect). There is
one data base that now tries to acces the dvd+rw I use for the backups. It

Hi group,
I have read in a few places opinions stating that with version 8 there
is no need at all for join files.
Is this true? If so, what is the way to go for typical situations like

I'm learning FM Pro 7 after years doing Access and SQL Server.  Making
the adjustment pretty well, but one simple thing still eludes me.
How can I accomplish the equivalent of what in SQL would be:
SELECT Max([Date]) AS MAXDATE, tblPeople.Person

Im used to act, goldmine, etc , where you can do a keyword search, and it
will look through notes, histories, all contact fields, too look for the
occurence of a word. Yes, I know, I'm using baby words to describe multiple
tables, I'm just really crawling here, admittedly, but in ...

FMWebschool is running a 48 hour special on our new multi-state
Professional Series of buttons and Icons.
http://www.fmwebschool.com/buttons_v6.php
I have uploaded a PDF of all of the images

This (FileMaker) is all new to me, so apologies if these are stupid
questions...
If I have 200 users needing to access a FileMaker database, do I just need
to buy 1 copy of FileMaker Server, or do each of those users need their own

I'm new to Filemaker & this group so excuse me if I'm repeating old
topics.
I'm trying to finalize a solution for invoicing.
Basically -

One of the most important things pieces of Act! for us was the histories
(past time) and calendar activities (future time) all linked to the various
contacts.
I've been reading about reating tables, choosing a key field, so on. What

Using FM 7.0v3  -  Win XP
Search on a table + showing related data in a portal.
(Advanced work around that I made of one default FM example)
After the search I can scroll immediately through the found set by using

I'm evaluating FM,version 5 as I'm on MacOS9. (seems I cant run a higher
version of FM, right?).
I'm more used toAccess but I do like the spirit of FM, though I haven't got
enough into it tofind my in complex cases.

I have a list of freight in a table called loads_list.
In a portal, on a layout called Find Loads, I want to display loads
that meet Pickup and Dropoff location criteria.  I'm trying to quickly
answer the following questions:

I'm trying to write a script that will simply create and populate a new
portal row.  When I run it, though, it fills all the fields in the new
row with "0" rather than the intended text.
===SCRIPT START===

Hello everyone, I have a question about filemaker pro and vertical
scroll bars.  I have created a layout with two facing fields, both of
which have scroll bars.  I want to read the content of field A and
switch to field B to make notes.  My problem - when I go beyond the

Hi there, crew - spent ages trying to figure this out, and I was
wondering if anyone here could help...
I'm building a database for a political organization, which is set up
to have a Voter table (with unique IDs, one per person), and a Votes