I have a straightforward feature in an application, which is working,
but I feel that I haven't done it as efficiently as possible.  Can
anyone tell me how I should have done it?
In a table of Courses, I have a field (c_status) showing whether the

Can FileMaker Pro 8 (client app) run on Mac OS X Server? Or just on the
regular OS X? I have a FM Server running on OSX Server, and I need to
have a client app running alongside it to monitor a couple of things. I
was hoping that i could run the client app on the same computer to

Hi all! I'm new to FMP
I'm trying, for each record in a table, to iterate over a particular set
of fields, and copy the data to a new (relational) table. eg original
table has fields EventID, Volunteer1, Volunteer2, ... and i'm trying to

I am a web-developer and new to Filemaker. A client of mine uses
Filemaker Pro and would like me to make a system of inserting
information from a web-form to FMP.
I want to set up a folder on a webserver where I could save contact

I don't consider myself to be an expert, but I am reasonably competent
at designing a databse and scripting.
Having said that I wondered if anyone has a simple and elegant method
of establishing which FMPro8 'tab' is active so that when the user

I am preparing a runtime version for both Mac and PCs. I designed it on
a Mac and then will port it to a PC.
The instructions page has text with some graphics placed within the
text. On the Mac all the text is in the right spots. When I open the

Newbie here:
I have a customer who has FM 5.0 database but when upgrading to FM 8.0
Pro not all fields transfer.
Address, name, phone and all is no problem but she has some year fields

I have to produce quotations and invoices to the following scheme:
Module 1
1.1 Article or Service        XXX
1.2 Article            XXX

Is it possible to change the looks of scrollbars in portals. If I make
portal-borders a hairline, the scrollbar looks good at 100% scaling. But if
I zoom the view, say 150%, the scrollbar looks different from other borders
(thicker). Or is this just a matter to learn to live with.. ...

Hi there, (I'm new here)
I have Filemaker 7 and and I'm experimenting with the feature of how a
value list can "feed/pull" a value based from another table's field. I
understand the basic concept and it works quite well. However, what I'm

After starting an FMP8 project with 8 files and 18 tables so far, I
read about conventions [1].
For the sake of consistency, I ought to rename some of the files.
However, I don't think it's worth the effort if I have to rebuild each

Is it possible to have relationship criteria defined with an OR
statement?  I notice when entering multiple criteria in a relationship
(in FM8 OSX) Fm automatically includes AND.  I'm wondering if I can use
an OR in there.

I have a value-list question I'm hoping someone can help me with.
Let's suppose I have a many-to-many relationship set up using a
join-table.
The first table is for ACTIONS.

We have been running FMS 5.5 on Win2000 server for 3 years,
without problems. Server has crashed only 4 times before this year.
But now it has been crashing more that 20 times in two months!
We haven't found any reason for crashes. Error in event viewer

I'm just learning to use Filemaker, so this is a beginner's problem. I
cannot figure out, how am I supposed to use the running count in FM8
Advanced. I have defined a database field to be of type "summary". In
field-options I choose count of field "City" and select Running count" ...