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Re: More FMP16 problems

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On 2018-03-19 20:27:03 +0000, Charles H. Sampson said:

> Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2018-03-17 18:30:01 +0000, Charles H. Sampson said:
>>> Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> wrote:
>>>> On 3/16/2018 12:19 PM, Charles H. Sampson wrote:
>>>>> Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have no idea what a "button bar" object. As I've said before, Howard,
>>>>> at any time you can say, "Read the Pogue book."
>>>> 
>>>> Well, I only know "the Pogue book" from your posts; I've otherwise never
>>>> heard it referred to.  My suggestion is to start with this help article
>>>> and then look for some blogs and sample files you can download online
>>>> and play with.
>>> 
>>> My bad. I see that my "Pogue Book" is for OS X. My FileMaker Pro 8 book
>>> is is published by Pogue Press/O'Reilly and is subtitled "The Missing
>>> Manual".
>>> 
>>> So, my invitation to you (and anybody else who gets tired of my
>>> questions) is for you to say at any time, "Read the Missing Manual".
>> 
>> Books and manuals can be helpful, but they sometimes can be a bit
>> tunnel visioned. There may well be other better ways to achieve
>> something. They also become out-of-date quite quickly, which is why
>> web-based resources and forums are often a better option since they can
>> be more easily and quickly updated.
>> 
>> There's also the fact that even things such as the samples and
>> templates that shipped with early versions FileMaker Pro itself were
>> *very* badly made and buggy (I haven't looked at what comes with more
>> recent versions) which can cause extra problems for people.
> 
> Right you are. Also, a lot of what we've been discussing lately is
> beyond the grasp of the writer of my Missing Manual for FMP8.

FileMaker Pro 8 and FileMaker Pro 16 are almost completely different 
products (and I'm fast coming to the conclusion that version 16 and 
other recent versions are much worse! Far too over-complicated and 
messy compared to the old versions).

You would need to update the book to a FileMaker 16 version.

Helpful Harry  :o)

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More FMP16 problems csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-03-07 12:21 -0800
  Re: More FMP16 problems Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2018-03-07 12:56 -0800
    Re: More FMP16 problems csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-03-11 18:15 -0700
      Re: More FMP16 problems Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2018-03-11 19:45 -0700
        Re: More FMP16 problems csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-03-16 12:19 -0700
          Re: More FMP16 problems Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2018-03-16 12:49 -0700
            Re: More FMP16 problems csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-03-17 11:30 -0700
              Re: More FMP16 problems Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-03-18 14:07 +1300
                Re: More FMP16 problems csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2018-03-19 13:27 -0700
                Re: More FMP16 problems Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2018-03-20 09:50 +1300

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