Is there a way you can make sure that a user can not enter any other
data in any other field before they have filled in one particular
field.  I have already validated the field to make sure that an error
message appears if they input the wrong data and even though it is

I just received a newsletter for FMP9 and a new (?) SQL resource kit.
There's no obvious docu which features of SQL actually are supported.
How about
 create table

So I draft for a living for one company mainly.  I have a pretty big
collection of drawings I have done and drawings I have come across.
There are other people in the company who want to see these drawings
so I am making an inventory.

If you were in list and want to show all related records you would
use: Go To Related Record - Matching All Records in Current Found Set.
I found the easiest way to find out if there are any related records
is to use the Get Last Error function. I got stuck trying to do this:

Advancing age has made necessary the following maneuver:
1. I want to change how a button behaves, but I don't remember which script
is attached to the button.
2. So I switch to Layout view, double-click the button, click Specify, just

I need to export or create a file on a specific path folder on the server
HD... in FM6 I was using the file plugin 1.2 by Troi and it work perfecly...
now all I want to do is to create a text file with 2 fields without having
to upgrade another plugin, just to do a simple task.

FMP 9 advanced, but error occurred in 8.5 advanced as well. WinXP
Suddenly in ALL my files the date format has changed from 01-12-2007 to
01/12/2007. Consistently for all my files.
I can manually change all / to - and the file will accept that. But before I

FM9 Windows XP
I have 2 tables, both SQL and I use a key field to link them and display
data into a portal.
The data is job history, every project we have done with this customer, for

I have created a database where the user can search for an item number
(partial or full). A script is then run to perform the search and show
results in a separate layout. This layout shows a summary of the
search results with matching items (item number, type and an image).

A description of this feature on the Filemaker website indicates that
the Filemaker 9 creates one-way or two-way connections to External SQL
Data Source. Does it also mean or imply that Filemaker 9 could be used
as a program to enter data into a MySQL database?

I am stuck with this and I was hoping someone can give me a quick
hint:
I am trying to create a calculation field that will select only the
text marked with two different symbols (one for beginning one for end:

I have a file that is in comma quote delimted format.  Each record
looks like this:
"Joe","Smith","123 Main Street","Anytown","FL","80044"
The problem is that there is some sort of weird quote that Filemaker

FMP 8.0v3 Adv on Mac OS 10.4: I set automatic login as guest and use the
Alt key to get the password window. Works with all my files.
Now a guy sends me a file he's been working with FMP 8.5v1 on a Mac. It
has the same setting, but the Alt key has no effect. Tried different

I tried to install FM server 9 adv on Windows Vista: first I installed
the IIS, then restarted the machine
and finally I installed FM server. Yet, IIS is not detected and I
cannot configure a web server.

FMP 6.04, WinXP
Dear Listeners,
I have what looks like an 'easy' problem but I simply can't find the maybe 2
or 3 correct additional script steps to solve it and would appreciate any