FileMaker 10’s Script Triggers feature opens the door to create richer, more dynamic and more responsive user interfaces. For example, it is now possible to create as-you-type search functionality similar to that found in iTunes and Mac OS X Spotlight where the list of results updates dynamically as the user types. This is a slick [...]
Category Archives: Search Tips
Google-like Search Through Relationship Filtering
January 14, 2009 – 1:50 pm
This article describes a script-less technique for using dynamic relationships and portals to search values in a related table using a single global field. It is a part of a series on Advanced Search Interfaces.
This technique produces an interface similar to the Google-like Search described in previous articles in this series, but instead of using [...]
Google-Like Searches In FileMaker - Non-Contiguous
October 28, 2008 – 12:00 pm
This article is a part of a series on Advanced Search Interfaces.
In my article, Google-Like Searches In FileMaker, I described a method for creating a search-engine-like interface for searching the contents of a FileMaker Pro database. This article expands on that method by eliminating one of it’s shortcomings: it would only find records containing all [...]
Google-Like Searches In FileMaker
October 23, 2008 – 12:00 pm
This article is a part of a series on Advanced Search Interfaces.
Using a single, global field and a fairly simple script, you can create a search-engine-like interface for searching the contents of a FileMaker Pro database.
Step One: Create a Global Search Field
Create a text field in any table. In the field options, set the new [...]
Advanced Search Interfaces
October 22, 2008 – 12:06 pm
FileMaker Pro’s built in Find Mode is great for those of us who know FileMaker well and understand the data structure of our databases well enough to know which fields to search in. But a more elegant, user friendly search mechanism is often needed.
There are a number of techniques that I recommend for making user [...]
