Issue 52
August 16, 1993
16 pages
Feature:
Importing Fixed-Field-Length Addresses
—non-DBF files need calculations to extract field data by position trim
Feature:
Extracting First and Last Names from Full Names
understanding Full Name format is essential complicating factors
nesting Position functions
Feature:
Structured Development of FileMaker Solutions
use a FileMaker file to keep a database of fields and field characteristics of other files cattle herd management
example
synchronizing data from several incompatible files
Feature:
Alphabetic Page Breaks
Create Firstletter field and use to build a page break subsummary
Quick Tips:
Close hidden files from the keyboard
errata: POSTNET equation
accidental record deletion
