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User-based Value ListsPosted by: Editor / Friday, October 12, 2012 – 4:41pm
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FileMaker provides a wonderfully easy interface for adding values to a value list. You simply type in values to be presented within your Pop-up, Drop-down, Radio or Checkbox field. Set the field to use the value list and you're good to go. The problem, however, is being stuck with those values and then scripting an entire solution around them. If you know for 100% sure - of course, who's ever 100% sure - they will never change, and you're only EVER going to work in that one database within that one single language, then you'll need little of what this video presents. Of course, you'll miss out on some great tips. If, however, you relish in flexibility and control, this video will present some of the most useful information you may discover about value lists. The video will show you how to account for user specific values and how to centralize your control over these values and how they are presented. You'll even learn how to precisely control the presentational order of the values within the user interface. We're talking about centralized, multi-lingual, permissions-based, full developer sorting controlled value lists. Details: Released - 10/12/2012 / Size - 81.89 MB / Length - 27 min
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. It should depend on the font - ADMIN POSTED THIS.
. Editor said this on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 6:36pm.
. Various fonts render certain characters differently. I'm wondering if you don't have some setting somewhere that is showing the boxes. In both my Mac and Windows versions of FileMaker 12.0v2 I don't see any boxes. Since I don't have a WinXP box where I'm running 12 I would certainly adjust what characters are used to accomplish the sort. . . Boxes on Windows XP.
. Mark.B said this on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:43am.
. It must be a Windows XP issue. I tried all sorts of decimal values of various Unicode characters. In all cases, if the character is not a displayable character, it is rendered as a box. The space (32) character works best, but it gives an increasing indent to the value list items. . . Boxes on Windows XP.
. steve59 said this on Monday, October 15, 2012 - 10:16am.
. Same Experience as Mark on my Windows XP box – No problem on Windows 7 box. Because my XP box is a recent clean config’ I would agree “…It must be a Windows XP issue” not perhaps “…some setting somewhere that is showing the boxes.” As the majority of Filmmaker Inc. customers and likewise businesses’ remain using Windows, most still on XP systems in my experience. I’ve found an XP box is a great benchmark for what will work in Filmmaker. ...While both Mac and PC are now Intel based off the production line the hardware is the only box! . . Sounds like we just need to find another char - ADMIN POSTED THIS.
. Editor said this on Monday, October 15, 2012 - 1:38pm.
. There's likely some character that will work with WinXP. I found this on the web. http://superuser.com/questions/221593/windows-7-utf-8-and-unicode and I'm sure there is other stuff when searching for "windows xp unicode bom". Basically we have to find something within UTF-16 (which is what FileMaker supports) that is both invisible and will control sorting. . . Language settings.
. n.matt said this on Friday, October 26, 2012 - 11:05am.
. Thanks a lot for this technique, I have been looking for something like this for quite a while now. . . Langage settings.
. steve59 said this on Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 9:45am.
. Your own experience on a Mac is different again and I'd be interested to learn what font format settings you have set for the USER MENU & UTILITY MENU dropdown/popups. And how exactly is it not working? I have research several Unicode sites looking for answers to problems I've encountered on Windows XP and found that if I format the interface dropdown/popup to font Calibri the 'Squ Boxes' issue does not occur. . . Language settings.
. n.matt said this on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 1:28pm.
. Well, I haven't changed anything and started the solution out-of-the-box. . |
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Looks ugly in Windows XP
The BOM character is displayed as a box in front of the value text. It makes it easy to see how the technique works but I wouldn't use it for an application due to the displayed boxes.