Sad to see you are not still making videos. Your beginner scripting videos are excellent - nowhere else could I find the most basic of beginner scripting tutorials/videos. Wish you had more, but thx for these!
There are so many FM videos out there that are so so and take a lot of time to go through without getting much out of them. Yours are well defined, explained and beneficial. Hope you continue to teach us.
Thank you, Sunny! Three springs ago I migrated a database that was running on Microsoft Access to FM. That was the first time for me to get it right. And I realized that FM is far better intuitive, user friendly and developer friendly like me with little knowledge. The database has been running very well and so far only few things to be fixed. But there are still some issues to be solved. Your tutorials on the web are all practical and useful. So far I installed couple of your scripts to automate the processes such as to send email with PDFs by one click. The biggest issue I have now is to resolve "Filemaker cannot share files because another user is already sharing...." thing. Please help me out, Sunny!
Hey Sunny, this is a fantastic tutorial. I learnt more about scripting as a novice than I ever expected. Especially about making sure your syntax is correct! Thankyou!!!
Hi Sunny, great tutorial! It would be interesting to post a message when there are no results that match the search ;). A little exercise in addition to your tutorial. Thanks
Just wondering, can you write your own scripts, i.e. program your own steps like you would in Access Visual Basic, import 3rd party libraries, or are you limited to the steps listed on the right?
How can I use programming for a table with historical data such as a hotel with 14 floors and each floor containing 22 rooms? For example, the room numbers for the first floor are 101-122 and for the second floor 201-222. Create portals for the full rooms and the empty rooms.
I've watched this video 3 times - you are a GREAT teacher! Please tell me - as I'm tying in search bar I wish the results to narrow in alphabetical order - how do I do that?
Thank you, My first FileMaker Pro 4.0. It had a record feature that aloud you record your step and it would save your scripts. I jumped to Pro 11 and the record feature is't there anymore. Any chance that the newer Pro's have that feature?
Hi Sunny, congratulations on your tutorials which are very comprehensive and understandable. Do you have any suggestions for creating a database for classical music records? Thanks so much.
Thanks Sunny. I just have one issue - the search only works if the string starts the same. ie if I have a record 123-456, the search must begin with "1", Any solution?
Works flawlessly!! Thanks for sharing! Quick question, is it possible to add search symbol inside the search bar? And maybe an X symbol to clear out the things I typed?
Hi I'm new to FileMaker and am not a developer in any way. I am trying to build a database to use for my small business. I was following the tutorials, but for some reason I cannot select "Input" under Find Request - Find Records When - Primary Key - Input. It is greyed out. I researched and saw a Q&A that said you cannot do a find if the field is a global field. But it worked on the video. Am I doing something wrong? I have FileMaker Pro 19. Like I said, it doesn't allow me to click Input. I tried deleting it several times and even changed the Name. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
good day I need to understand how to make a script to automatically insert photos on image fields the photos are saved with unique codes and are resident on the desk of my mac. unfortunately I'm in trouble. thanks
@FileMaker_Beginner Hello Sunny, could you explain why you had to create a variable with set variable even though you had the input field set to global variable? I did hear you mention that it needed to be created for the find , but you made it seem as if it would not work if you didn't create the variable. A clear explanation about that would be really good to hear. #Update I think I realize why. Is it because the field search script step doe not accept fields?
Yes thats correct, the "Perform Find" script step does not take in field values, only variable or a flat value. So we need to convert the global field value to a variable first before submitting it into the finding script.
Hi Sunny thank you very much for this excellent tutorial. Just a question please as I have applied the same to my database but still when I type the cursor erases my previous entry and I have to click every time with the mouse to continue typing the word. I dont know where the problem lies. .Thank you very much.
Hi Sunny, on my script trigger, I just had it on "object modify", should I have changed that to something else? Thank you very much for your kind assistance.
Hi again Sunny, or did you mean in the script itself to add the step go to object. If yes, should this step be place after "perform find" and "sort records"?
Hi Sunny, That's a great video. Continuing with it.. I was wondering, if you want to print the filtered (searched) records. How would we do it? I tried GTRR script but it doesn't print the filtered records but it prints all. Kindly advise. It would be of great help. Thanks.
Hey Sunny excellent course, well explain. I downloaded the file from the link above but I only see two sets of fmp12 files one named After the other Before. This belong to zip file number YT1805_File. Maybe I made a mistake, can you direct me to the right place? No sure if still available since this is almost a 2 year old course. Thank you
Nice video. I have some experience in Filemaker, but I'm trying to do something that's beyond my scope - wondering if you can help... here is my problem: I have an invoicing dbase with a sales tax option field - "tax" or "exempt". When I choose "tax" it automatically taxes 6% on the subtotal. "Exempt" taxes 0. That works fine. But now I want to enhance that option because the tax rate has changed. So I want to add another qualifier - If record number is less than 1570 - charge 6%. If record number is more than 1571 - charge 7%. I know it can be done, but everytime I write a script it gives me an error. I'm missing something and have exhausted my personal knowledge. Can you help?
I think you can try using calculation and check out how to use the If( ) or Case( ) function. Sou you can do something like "if( number < 1570 ; 0.06 )" something like that to get your tax thing going
Well it's also within the "Perform Find" script, but inside the place where we set up our query criteria, on top there is a drop down option to select if you want to Find or Omit record.
Sunny, I am very interested in taking your course but I would like to ask a few questions first but there is no way to ask a question on your website. How can I contact you to ask those questions?
i did insert the year field inside ( Perform Find ) but when typing say BMW it began to showthat but when typing (BMW 2xxx) so nothing happened and i tried the And function also not working
Sad to see you are not still making videos. Your beginner scripting videos are excellent - nowhere else could I find the most basic of beginner scripting tutorials/videos. Wish you had more, but thx for these!
There are so many FM videos out there that are so so and take a lot of time to go through without getting much out of them. Yours are well defined, explained and beneficial. Hope you continue to teach us.
It's 2022 - and this is probably the finest example I've come across. Good work man :)
After watching other tutorials that try to teach the same subject matter as this video, I can say this is the best tutorial-by far. Thank you!
Thank you, Sunny! Three springs ago I migrated a database that was running on Microsoft Access to FM. That was the first time for me to get it right. And I realized that FM is far better intuitive, user friendly and developer friendly like me with little knowledge. The database has been running very well and so far only few things to be fixed. But there are still some issues to be solved. Your tutorials on the web are all practical and useful. So far I installed couple of your scripts to automate the processes such as to send email with PDFs by one click. The biggest issue I have now is to resolve "Filemaker cannot share files because another user is already sharing...." thing. Please help me out, Sunny!
Hey Sunny, this is a fantastic tutorial. I learnt more about scripting as a novice than I ever expected. Especially about making sure your syntax is correct! Thankyou!!!
Thanks Angus your welcome!
Really step by step, easy to understand. You are such a great teacher. Thank you.
so happy I could find such useful course, though it's 18 version. In China it's teacher's day, Happy Teachers' Day
Super simple and Easy way.. Great
At last a scripting tutorial that doesn't assume I already know scripting. Excellent video...as always.
Wow what a great young teacher! Sunny is the Best!
Hi Sunny, great tutorial!
It would be interesting to post a message when there are no results that match the search ;). A little exercise in addition to your tutorial.
Thanks
Really great tutorial! So glad I found you!! You're such a good teacher!
Thanks Cynthia!
Thank you Sunny. Crystal clear
Love your tutorials. So excellent! 👍
Excellent class!!!😁
great,, thanks for your tutorial
Great tutorial. Thank you!
its best I have seen
You are genius, thank you for teaching
Thank you so much! You are helping tremendously
You're welcome Frank!
This is amazing!!
Nicely accomplished. Thank you very much!
Good explanation and excellent examples thank you
Thanks for the tutorial! Very easy to follow!
Verry good tutorials. Easy to understand for beginners
Brilliant.
super instructions well and understandable explained
outstanding
Hi Sir, can you make a simple dbase for multiple choice exam, so my student can take their exam on network thru filemaker. Thank you very much
Just wondering, can you write your own scripts, i.e. program your own steps like you would in Access Visual Basic, import 3rd party libraries, or are you limited to the steps listed on the right?
Thank you! I’m amazed by how clear your explanations are.
pro tip: you can watch movies on Flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching loads of movies recently.
@Mario Gunner Definitely, have been using Flixzone for months myself :)
@Mario Gunner yea, I've been using flixzone for since november myself :)
How can I use programming for a table with historical data such as a hotel with 14 floors and each floor containing 22 rooms? For example, the room numbers for the first floor are 101-122 and for the second floor 201-222. Create portals for the full rooms and the empty rooms.
Have you done this on an invoice iteam line?
NIce Explanations Dude!
Very clear explanation, thank you very much!
Thanks Reddy!
I've watched this video 3 times - you are a GREAT teacher! Please tell me - as I'm tying in search bar I wish the results to narrow in alphabetical order - how do I do that?
Thank you Mark! You can try adding a "sort record" script step at the end
@@FMBeginner Thank you! It worked.
why couldn't you be my university teacher? you are absolutely great man
Thank you, My first FileMaker Pro 4.0. It had a record feature that aloud you record your step and it would save your scripts. I jumped to Pro 11 and the record feature is't there anymore. Any chance that the newer Pro's have that feature?
very helpful thanks for the knowledge share.
Hi Sunny,
congratulations on your tutorials which are very comprehensive and understandable. Do you have any suggestions for creating a database for classical music records?
Thanks so much.
Super helpfull buddy!!!! thx!!
Thanks Sunny. I just have one issue - the search only works if the string starts the same. ie if I have a record 123-456, the search must begin with "1", Any solution?
Hi, Sir
How can I input different ranges in file maker database , such as
1101:1126
And
From 2101: 2100
By making script.
Thank you very much. Excellent tutorial...
Works flawlessly!! Thanks for sharing! Quick question, is it possible to add search symbol inside the search bar? And maybe an X symbol to clear out the things I typed?
You will have to manually create an image to do that. One way I do it is to create a button (with no function) with the magnifying glass icon.
Hi I'm new to FileMaker and am not a developer in any way. I am trying to build a database to use for my small business. I was following the tutorials, but for some reason I cannot select "Input" under Find Request - Find Records When - Primary Key - Input. It is greyed out. I researched and saw a Q&A that said you cannot do a find if the field is a global field. But it worked on the video. Am I doing something wrong? I have FileMaker Pro 19. Like I said, it doesn't allow me to click Input. I tried deleting it several times and even changed the Name. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
This was really helpful and succinct :-)
how to connect api using script. can u explain in video?
man, what a great tutorial!
Thanks uveysiya!
good day I need to understand how to make a script to automatically insert photos on image fields
the photos are saved with unique codes and are resident on the desk of my mac.
unfortunately I'm in trouble. thanks
@FileMaker_Beginner Hello Sunny, could you explain why you had to create a variable with set variable even though you had the input field set to global variable? I did hear you mention that it needed to be created for the find , but you made it seem as if it would not work if you didn't create the variable. A clear explanation about that would be really good to hear.
#Update
I think I realize why. Is it because the field search script step doe not accept fields?
Yes thats correct, the "Perform Find" script step does not take in field values, only variable or a flat value. So we need to convert the global field value to a variable first before submitting it into the finding script.
Excellent Video!
great video, easy to follow
Hi Sunny thank you very much for this excellent tutorial. Just a question please as I have applied the same to my database but still when I type the cursor erases my previous entry and I have to click every time with the mouse to continue typing the word. I dont know where the problem lies. .Thank you very much.
Hi Fabiola, you probably forget to go back to the object on your script trigger
Hi Sunny, on my script trigger, I just had it on "object modify", should I have changed that to something else? Thank you very much for your kind assistance.
Hi again Sunny, or did you mean in the script itself to add the step go to object. If yes, should this step be place after "perform find" and "sort records"?
Hi again Sunny any suggestion please to my questions of last week? Your help is very appreciated!!!
Hi Sunny, That's a great video. Continuing with it.. I was wondering, if you want to print the filtered (searched) records. How would we do it? I tried GTRR script but it doesn't print the filtered records but it prints all. Kindly advise. It would be of great help. Thanks.
Hey pradlhad, check the post on the facebook group I posted a reply to your question!
Ottimo, großartig, greater than great; molte grazie, herzlichen Dank, thank you so much. I'm looking forward for your next tutorials.
Thanks for the awesome vid. I tried to enroll the 12 week course but it says: An error occurred while submitting your data. Please try again
Excellent, go on sunny
Hey Sunny excellent course, well explain. I downloaded the file from the link above but I only see two sets of fmp12 files one named After the other Before. This belong to zip file number YT1805_File. Maybe I made a mistake, can you direct me to the right place? No sure if still available since this is almost a 2 year old course. Thank you
1805_File is indeed the exercise files for this video. Just open the before file and you will be able to follow along.
@@FMBeginner Thank you very much.
Please do tutorials on church database 🙏🙏🙏
Nice video. I have some experience in Filemaker, but I'm trying to do something that's beyond my scope - wondering if you can help... here is my problem:
I have an invoicing dbase with a sales tax option field - "tax" or "exempt". When I choose "tax" it automatically taxes 6% on the subtotal. "Exempt" taxes 0. That works fine. But now I want to enhance that option because the tax rate has changed. So I want to add another qualifier - If record number is less than 1570 - charge 6%. If record number is more than 1571 - charge 7%. I know it can be done, but everytime I write a script it gives me an error. I'm missing something and have exhausted my personal knowledge. Can you help?
I think you can try using calculation and check out how to use the If( ) or Case( ) function. Sou you can do something like "if( number < 1570 ; 0.06 )" something like that to get your tax thing going
Can you show how to perform a find and then omit records that match a certain criteria??
Well it's also within the "Perform Find" script, but inside the place where we set up our query criteria, on top there is a drop down option to select if you want to Find or Omit record.
Sunny, I am very interested in taking your course but I would like to ask a few questions first but there is no way to ask a question on your website. How can I contact you to ask those questions?
Hey Rich, I can't post publicly here but my email is in my channel about page.
Hello Sunny, what is up...if I wanna search more than one word say BMW 2004 at the samme time..how can we do it...thanks
Create another query in the first dialogue after you double clikced Perform Find
i did insert the year field inside ( Perform Find ) but when typing say BMW it began to showthat but when typing (BMW 2xxx) so nothing happened and i tried the And function also not working
More more more plz plz