Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       Recently, Alan discussed how flexible FileMaker can be, by letting you select a different custom menu for each layout.  While that kind of flexibility is invaluable, managing a large number of custom menus can be quite tedious.  I think it’s also rather noteworthy that FileMaker Pro’s custom menus can be set up in such a way that you won’t need multiple custom menus in order to accurately represent each layout.  Since the dialog box for ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 4 – 6 minutes       In previous versions of FileMaker, it was fairly difficult to change the behaviour of the default FileMaker Menus. You could restrict access to some menu functions using passwords, but to make any other changes, you needed to rely on third party solutions. With FileMaker 8, however, we now have the option to create custom menus. Creating Custom Menus In order to create Custom Menus for a solution, you need to use FileMaker 8 Advanced. In the File menu, go ... Read More