Issue 56
March 4, 1994
16 pages (incorrectly dated as March 4, 1993)
Feature:
Making FileMaker "External Functions"
- scripting allows moving some functions outboard types of multi-file setups
Put complex equations in separate files
Tips on externalizing
Feature:
Another Number-to- Text Conversion — long calculation
Uses a different and shorter technique than in issue 54
Explanation of technique
Limited to positive values and numbers less than $999,999.99 commas
ignored but allowed
Feature
Putting the Num-to-Text Calculation in an Outside File-
using the techniques of this issue's first article to implement the equation from the second
Feature:
Capitalizing Text with an External Function
Uusing the techniques of this issue's first article to implement an outboard capitalization function
works for one record or for all in a set
