Comments on: FileMaker 7 is dead. Long live FileMaker 8 !!

By: Viv

Viv — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:31:04 +0000

This had me stumped too. I was getting particularly frustrated.

This was bloody useful!

By: Horst

Horst — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:20:40 +0000

Hi all,

I had the same issue and found that the tab header was sitting on the layout header section giving me the same problems… just sloppy of me I guess. Until I saw this thread I had no idea what I was doing wrong!

Cheers, Horst

By: Emile

Emile — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:48:39 +0000

Deb,

Thanks for following up and letting us know what was causing your display issues.

Don’t worry about your FileMaker learning curve, as much as it has changed it has stayed very much the same (both a positive and a negative)! Having said that, feel free to drop question in the FileMaker newsgroup or on one of the comments here and hopefully someone will be able to answer your question(s)!!!

Happy FileMaking!

By: deb

deb — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:33:26 +0000

thanks for the speedy responses – I find the answer in the filemaker knowledge base – the tab control was sitting within the header section by one pixel – enough to stop it displaying correctly.

I have not used filemaker for over 10 years so I am on a big learning curve with all the new features etc

By: Emile

Emile — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:33:19 +0000

RJ, Thanks for the update.

By: RJ

RJ — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:36:06 +0000

I have since discovered the root of my problem and perhaps it will fix yours too deb. You need to be certain that any and all objects placed on the tab control are contained within the tab control. Anything overlaps or falls out of its area and it will not function properly. Try this by double checking all your objects as I stated and let us know if that worked for you.

By: Emile

Emile — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:18:35 +0000

Are you definitely in FM v8?

By: deb

deb — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:59:28 +0000

I have also encountered the exact same problem – thought it might be to do with transparent fill but that does not fix it – any clues

By: Emile

Emile — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:36:56 +0000

I was simply questioning whether or not you were viewing the file in FM7 or FM8 as tab controls can only be created AND viewed in v8. Having said that, if you are still having problems looking at the file in v8, send it to me via email at emile [at] secretweaponlabs [dot] com and I’ll take a look at it!

By: RJ

RJ — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:56:05 +0000

Emile,
Not sure how that helps, maybe I misunderstand your reply. First of all, Filemaker 8 creates files as *.fm7 and thats it…far as I see. Which I always wondered, backwards compatibility I understand, but it IS Filemaker 8…so why not make files as *.fm8? So do you know how I can fix my viewing problem? I have downloaded sample tab control templates from others and they work fine, yet I try them myself and same problem. I end up with a bunch of fields and objects all piled on top of one another and renders the tab control useless.