Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Do you see the day of the week? Well, not quite; your variable doesn't have a value
yet.
10.
Choose Scripts
→
Set Merge Variable to run the script and set the variable
.
Tooltips
Training people, either when you first launch a new database or when new employees come
into your workforce, is a big part of making your database successful. You can have beautiful
layouts, bulletproof privilege sets, and complex, well-thought-out scripts, but if folks don't
know how and when to use them, then they miss out on the benefits. To spare you the wrath
of confused (or worse, frustrated) people, FileMaker Pro Advanced has a feature called
tool-
tips
. Like the onscreen labels that pop up in Windows and many other programs, tooltips can
help guide people through the features you've created for them, and maybe even cut down on
training time.
You can attach tooltips to any object, or group of objects, that you can select on a layout:
fields, text, or graphics. To create a tooltip, go to Layout mode and then choose the object
you want tipped. If the Inspector isn't open, choose View→Inspector. Click the Inspector's
Position tab and then look for the Tooltip field. Enter the text for your tooltip here and then
switch to Browse mode, saving changes to your layout if prompted. Now people see the tool-
tip when the mouse hovers over the object in Browse mode. Just like tooltips in other pro-
grams, the tooltip doesn't appear immediately, so as not to inconvenience more advanced
users. You can see a tooltip in action in
Figure 8-21
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