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- From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
- Subject: Re: why upgrade to FileMaker Pro 2.0?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.132200.7666@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 13:22:00 GMT
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- jtc1@cornell.edu (John T. Chapman) writes:
-
- >Has anyone seen the Script Editor yet? Are we talking more functional
- >macros now or is this still fairly limited.
-
- I have both seen and worked with it. It is still not up to the level
- of a full macro but it is really close. Almost all the commands are
- available for use in any order.
-
- >One thing I'd like to see is the ability for scripts to execute the same
- >commands that buttons can drive. Also, I'd like to pass some parameters
- >into scripts/commands, bypassing the user in some cases.
-
- Well, now they can (I'm pretty sure) and in fact you can have a
- script perform a Quit now.
-
- >A primary need/use for this is a single button that, when clicked on,
- >will move the cursor to a field and perform a relookup with no dialog box
- >for confirmation. Currently, I have to manually select the involved
- >field, perform the relookup and confirm the relookup in (xxx) records.
- >This is a pain in the xxx!
-
- I have no idea if this is possible to do with a script or not, I
- never tried.
-
- >Anyway, is the new Script Editor worth looking at? How about Lookups -
- >are they more flexible? Any changes to Summary or Calculation fields?
-
- I don't remember any changes to Lookups but I did notice a cosmetic
- change in the Calculation dialog. Now when you scroll through the
- function list, you get to see the what the argumes are for all the
- functions in stead of parenthesis with commas.
-
-
- --
- -Hades (Brian V. Hughes)
- "Egads! These look like a women's fingerprints"
- -- Durlock Holmes
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