On day 11, we talk about the most common scripts that most beginner FileMaker developers will want to write, specifically about sorts and found sets.

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.

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.

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.

Understand the Import and Export processes. Understand differences between running these manually and via script. Understand how imports can be saved with a script for future re-use. Also learn about auto-enter options as records are imported.

What is a portal, and what does it really do for you. If you have related fields from another table, you can only see the FIRST related record. If you want to see all the related records, you need a Portal. Portals can have customized sort orders, as well as customized filters.