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Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed

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On 2019-10-02 06:38:33 +0000, Helpful Harry said:

> I've just used the Import Records function in FileMaker Pro 18 for the 
> first time ... boy, is it a horrible change. It's far more cumbersome 
> to use.
> 
> You used to have a nice small window and be able to easily drag fields 
> up and down to change where the incoming data went, but now you have a 
> huge window and are force to use silly pop-up menus of field names to 
> get the data into the correct fields. Whether or not a line of data was 
> imported used to be denoted by a simple arrow, but now it has the words 
> "Import" and "Don't Import".
> 
> Why on earth did they change it to this overly complicated mess?  :o(

For illustration, here's the Import Records windows.

Simple version from FileMaker Pro 17 and older (way back to the early days)
<https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog-fm-import-fm17-interface.jpg> 


Messy version from FileMaker Pro 18
<https://www.soliantconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/blog-fm-import-field-mapping.jpg> 



Helpful Harry   :o(

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FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2019-10-02 19:38 +1300
  Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2019-10-02 08:56 +0200
    Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2019-10-03 12:34 +1300
  Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2019-10-03 12:30 +1300
    Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2019-10-03 14:53 +0200
      Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2019-10-04 08:22 +1300
        Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2019-10-03 22:29 +0200
          Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2019-10-04 15:20 +1300
            Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2019-10-04 09:12 +0200
              Re: FileMaker Pro 18: Import Records has been changed Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2019-10-05 09:31 +1300

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