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90 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Allowing or preventing entry into fields
You can allow or prevent entry into a field. For example, you can restrict entry into a field containing a
serialized number, so the field can’t be modified. You can set separate Browse mode and Find mode data entry
options, which would allow you to permit finding serialized numbers even though they can’t be entered.
If you allow entry into a field, you can also control whether the entire contents of the field is selected when
you click or tab into the field in Browse mode or Find mode. Otherwise, FileMaker
Pro places the insertion
point after the last character in the field.
1. In Layout mode, select one or more fields.
2. Click Inspector in the layout bar, then click Data.
3. In the Behavior area, for Field entry, select the following options:
For more information about working with fields on a layout, see Help.
Working with parts on a layout
FileMaker Pro layouts are divided into layout parts, sections of the layout that determine how data in a field
is treated and displayed. By using parts, you can control how FileMaker
Pro prints data, for example:
1 once for each record
1 only at the top of each page
1 only before or after groups of sorted records (for example, to include a subtotal for each group of records)
Each layout must have at least one part. Layout parts can contain fields, portals, buttons, text, and other
objects. In Layout mode, dotted horizontal lines mark the division between layout parts, and the part label
appears at the left end of the bottom dividing line.
To Do this
Prevent entry into a field in Browse mode Clear Browse mode.
Prevent entry into a field in Find mode Clear Find mode.
Select the entire field's contents when the field is entered Choose Select entire contents on entry.