Find Anywhere - A universal search dialog

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Find Anywhere - A Universal Search Dialog

Posted by: Editor / Tuesday, December 7, 2004 – 7:00pm

by Matt Petrowsky

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It's unlikely that all of the users of your database know how to find everything they are looking for. While FileMaker's query-by-form method of searching is pretty intuitive, the concept of multiple requests may be foreign to many users.

This is why you often want to provide an easy-to-search find dialog. The trick is making it easy enough for the most novice of novice users. Fortunately, the automation provided by ScriptMaker helps us achieve that task. Using a single script we can provide a dialog that will search any layout from any window in a given file. Watch the video and give it a try. This may be just what you were looking for!

Details: Released - 12/7/2004 / Size - 36.3 MB / Length - 50 min

About author

Matt Petrowsky is the Senior Editor for ISO FileMaker Magazine. Matt has been involved with FileMaker Pro since the early '90s. Having authored many articles, a popular book, spoken at conferences and seminars, as well as provided private training, Matt is continuously updating his knowledge and skill about the powerful FileMaker platform. You can contact Matt by sending email to editor@filemakermagazine.com.

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