I found a weird problem with FM8.0v1 (Advanced) tabs.
I positioned a tab set overlapping the header and body parts, such that
the tabs themselves are in the header, and the main part is in the body
part. I'm viewing this layout as a List.

I have a date field.  How do I search for all records in a certain month.  I
want to find all records for October over a several year peroid.
TJH

I am looking for a way to select a layout based on a date calculation
when openning a record.
Here's the details - I have a database of stocks that I have sold. When
I open a record, I want it to open with layout A if the date of the last

I would like to use a number of fields in a FMP-8 database to refer to
Word-documents. Also, I would like to be able to open those files just
by clicking on the particular field or an adjacent "button". Who can
show me how to set this up?

In creating a medical record database, the question arises as to how to
prevent later alteration of a medical record. Paper records are always a
medico-legal problem, since sometimes they are altered to hide the truth.
How can a record be "sealed" once it is committed, so to speak?

New to Filemaker. I would like to create a medical report which uses the
names of medications stored in a table. Would like to allow the user to
choose medication names, and then have these medications placed in a
text box as concatenated text separated by commas. Example of a

Does anyone have a method of disabling the "Duplicate Record" item under the
Records menu as well as the Ctrl + D shortcut on the keyboard.  I am aware
there are plug-ins you can purchase to disable menu items but I thought
maybe there was a method to do so with one.

I'm having trouble with a client billing system from which I need to
generate statements. Perhaps I'm thinking about this in an obtuse manner...
Each job that belongs to a client is listed on a portal, and thanks to FM8,
it is nicely tabbed into three categories. For billing, more ...

I have a multi-file solution in FMP5, I've scripted a backup procedure that
goes to each file & saves a copy of the file, this way there's no duplicate
files on any of the drives.
This was working fine up until a week ago.  Now we get a message as the

Hey all,
I'm curious on people's thoughts on tooltips, most especially as a data  
delivery device rather than just a technique to say "click here to go  
back" type directions.  FM offers a lot of power through calculations to  

Complex multi file (65 files) on osx server.
Yesterday a trash can icon on a portal row just disappeared.  When you hover
over where
it used to be the cursor still changes to a finger and you can click.

I often find that I want to make a field available on a layout that the
user shouldn't be able to change, but I want them to be able to put the
cursor, to select text in the field - e.g. to copy & paste.
This should be trivial, and in fact is in most programming

I'm trying to create a layout to do finds on certain fields and also a date
range.
I created a layout with a Start date (date field) and a End Date (Date
field) using also the calendar option in the field control.

I'm an absolute newbie with filemaker. I have downloaded both DEMO-versions
7pro and 8pro.
My problem is:
While the installation of 7 works perfectly, 8 won't start. I tried several

Is it possible to have - for example - Invoice data exceeding one PAGE - with
a SUBTOTAL Amount per PAGE in stead of GRAND - TOTAL Summary on every page -
FOOTER ?
Please help!