Chapter 2
Customizing database solutions
You can use FileMaker Pro Advanced to customize your solutions
beyond what is possible with FileMaker Pro. You can:
1 Add tooltips to provide information about layout objects
1 Create custom functions for use anywhere within a file
1 Copy and paste scripts, script steps, or fields for use within the
same file or other database files
1 Copy or import existing tables into your database file
1 Create a solution that displays your database in Kiosk mode
Adding tooltips to layout objects
You can use FileMaker Pro Advanced to add tooltips to layout objects.
Tooltips appear when a user moves the cursor over an object in
Browse or Find modes. Tooltips can be static text or the results of a
calculation.
To add, change, or delete tooltips:
1. In Layout mode, select the object to which you want to add a
tooltip.
2. Choose Format menu > Set Tooltip.
Tip You can also right-click the object and choose Set Tooltip.
3. Do the following in the Set Tooltip dialog box, then click OK:
Tip In Layout mode, choose View menu > Show > Tooltips to identify
objects with tooltips. Objects with tooltips display this icon
in
Layout mode.
Tooltip
To Do this
Create a tooltip that
displays static text
Type the text you want to appear.
Create a tooltip that
displays the results of
a calculation
Click Specify.
In the Specify Calculation dialog box, build a formula
for your calculation. Click OK.
Change the tooltip Modify the tooltip text as required.
Delete the tooltip Delete the tooltip text.
