And here we are at the end of the A-Z of FileMaker. But undo doesn’t start with Z. Of course, Z is the ubiquitous application keyboard shortcut for the undo command.
Year (date) is one of the family of FileMaker date functions. It does something very simple – it extracts the year out of a given date. Now why would you
In mathematics, a flat plane or surface is defined by two axes – X and Y. On a screen or piece of paper, the X axis goes across (remember an
A window is a device used to display the user interface of an application. When a user opens a FileMaker solution, it will open a new window. Since FileMaker Pro 7, there
A variable is a named location in memory capable of storing a value. Depending on the type, a variable has a limited lifespan and accessibility. In programming, the accessibility of
When using a calculation field, you have the option of storing the result or having it unstored. The latter option means that the FileMaker engine will calculate the result “when needed”. This
A script trigger in a FileMaker solution is set to run a script when a specified event occurs. The first event for any file is when the file opens, or more
Self is a function which returns the content of the object to which it is applied. Rather than explicitly naming a field, using the Self function means that an expression
The trite definition of recursion is “see recursion”. And further, that to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion! According to the online Dictionary of Technical Terms, recursion is: “…a process