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Fri - 2/7
Claris FileMaker for Beginners - Day 14 - Calculations in FileMaker

Understanding how calculations work. We will discuss Operators, and Functions. We also spend some time creating Date based calculations, which most developers find useful. We use the Data Viewer to test calculations.

Mon - 2/10
Claris FileMaker for Beginners - Day 15 - Variables

Storing values to transfer between scripts, and between processes is easy to do. We use to use Global fields for this. But Variables are easier to manage and handle, and they are cleaner to use.

Tue - 2/11
Claris FileMaker for Beginners - Day 16 - Document Management

Today we discuss the basics of containers and document management. What is the difference between standard and interactive containers. We will learn about storage options, security, validation, and optimization. We will also go over how to capture signatures, resize images within a container, and capture thumbnails. We will also go over techniques on importing, exporting, capturing signatures in Go, resizing images, and capturing thumbnails.

Wed - 2/12
Claris FileMaker for Beginners - Day 17 - Most Common Script Uses

There’s a variety of basic script processes that are almost universal between databases. For this stream we’re here to talk about those!

Thu - 2/13
Claris FileMaker for Beginners - Day 18 - Navigational Scripts, Device Screen Size

Design Considerations for Phones, Tablets, and desktop computers. Mouse or Touch, regulates the size of the on-screen objects. Also discussing layout objects that can help manage screen real estate, Slide Control Tab Control, and Pop over Windows.

Fri - 2/14
Claris FileMaker for Beginners - Day 19 - Print Layouts, Scripting Print Processes

Printing to paper or PDF takes a bit for fore thought. Think about having Print specific layouts, that are different than data entry. Printing a PDF is essentially the same as printing, but you will probably want to write a script that saves the PDF to a specific location on your computer.

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