When you select the Edit Box format, you have the choice of turning on the "Include vertical scroll bar" checkbox. Distinctive as always, FileMaker has its own moniker. These are the click and type variety that normal people call a text box. Most of the fields you've used so far have been Edit Boxes. Drop-down Lists and Pop-up Menus stand guard over your fields, tapping their rulers, to make sure the rules you set up are followed. Control styles are like electronic schoolmarms who watch over data entry. The Field/Control Setup dialog box (Format images/U2192.jpg border=0> Field/ Control images/U2192.jpg border=0> Setup) lets you pick one of six different field control styles. In that dialog box, you find drop-down menus, pop-up lists, checkboxes, radio buttons, and pop-up calendarsjust like the ones the pros use in databases and Web sites worldwide.įigure 6-5 shows the Field/Control Setup dialog box, including the list of available formatting options.įigure 6-5. Or for even more, well…control over what your database's users put in a field choose Format images/U2192.jpg border=0> Field/Control images/U2192.jpg border=0> Setup. If you're trying to collect specific bits of information, though, you could apply some validation (Section 3.3.1.8). Maybe a little too flexible: Just about anyone using your database can type just about anything into an edit box. They're the kind of field that FileMaker automatically creates when you start a new database or use the field tool to drag a field onto a layout. Plain old edit boxes are as popular as they are flexible.
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