Database Reference
In-Depth Information
by date.” They don't possess any record data at all. When using a Snapshot Link, you al-
ways see the
most current
data.
UP TO SPEED: BEHIND THE DATA
Snapshot Links are simply XML files. XML, or
eXtensible Markup Language
, is a computer
language designed to give different computer systems and programs a flexible way to share in-
formation among one another. XML can be very complex, but it's also fantastically flexible.
You can muck about in a Snapshot Link's XML code if you wish. Just use a text editor or XML
authoring program to open an .fmpsl file and you see something like this example. Even if you
don't know XML, you can probably see that you can change the Snapshot Link's view by chan-
ging
<view type=“form”></view>
to
<view type=“list”></view>
.
While changing Snapshot Link XML code can't cause any harm to your database, it can very
easily render the Snapshot Link itself unusable. That's OK, because you're working on a
backup copy,
right
?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<fpsl>
<uistate>
<universalpathlist>
filemac:/Macintosh HD/Users/Charts.fmp12
</universalpathlist>
<rows type="nativeIDList" rowcount="66"
basetableid="130">
<![CDATA[1-66]]>
</rows>
<layout id="6"></layout>
<view type="form"></view>
<selectedrow type="nativeID" id="1">
</selectedrow>
<statustoolbar visible="True">
</statustoolbar>
<mode value="browseMode"></mode>
<sortlist Maintain="True" value="True">
<sort type="Ascending">
<primaryfield>
<field tableid="1065090"
table="Attendance"id="2"
name="Facility">
</field>
</primaryfield>
</sort>
</sortlist>
</uistate>
</fpsl>
