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Creating databases from Starter Solutions - FileMaker Pro Tutorial
From the course: FileMaker Pro 13 Essential Training
Creating databases from Starter Solutions
Once you've become familiar with the FileMaker application, and how to set it up, there are a couple of different ways that you can start creating databases. Of course, by scratch, which we'll be covering for almost the remainder of this title. There's also some other ways that you can get going with your FileMaker database rather quickly. The first one I'm going to show you in this video is what's called using a starter solution in FileMaker. So you'll notice when you first open up FileMaker you may in fact see the Quick Start screen and you'll notice that over on the left hand side you've got the ability to create a new database, convert from existing, but this is the option that I'm talking about here. If you've decided to dismiss your Quick Start screen when you open FileMaker, you can go under the File Menu to New From Starter Solution. Now first, a starter solution is a FileMaker database that's already been created for you. FileMaker ships with 16 starter solutions for you to…
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Using guides and arranging, aligning, grouping and locking layout objects10m
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Applying Screen Stencils3m 25s
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Placing and formatting graphics in layouts5m 34s
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Applying gradients2m 19s
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Formatting fields and applying field attributes6m 24s
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Understanding states5m 9s
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Setting field behaviors3m 23s
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Using the Tab Control feature9m 6s
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Using the Slide Control feature6m 42s
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Using the popover feature7m 40s
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Setting the tab order4m 29s
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Learning how to hide layout objects conditionally6m 4s
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Introducing scripts and script steps2m 48s
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Assigning script steps to buttons4m 50s
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Understanding the Scriptmaker dialog window7m 54s
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Creating multiline scripts10m 23s
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Adding find criteria to a script8m 19s
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Using the New Window script step7m 36s
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Understanding the If script step5m 42s
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Using script parameters5m 7s
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Reviewing the Send Mail script option5m 17s
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