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Editing and locking records

Editing and locking records - FileMaker Pro Tutorial

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Editing and locking records

Once you've added records to your FileMaker database or if you already have records in the database, then you have the ability to edit the data that's stored in those fields. You can control whether or not users or even certain users can edit values inside your database through the Manage > Security option. This is we can go and set up different accounts and then assign different privilege sets to those accounts. One of the privileges that you can either add or remove is the ability to edit any records inside specific tables or inside certain fields. Also, in Layout mode, you'll notice that when you select a field, and you look at the Inspector, under the Behavior tab found under the Data tab, by default, you the ability to enter a field in either Browse mode or Find mode. But you can as a developer turn off the ability for users to click inside that field. This can be a good idea for things like your Primary Keys. So you'll notice when I go in to browse, save my changes. Now I can't…

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