Card Windows
See the slidesSlide 1Free Training Series
Card Windows
An efficient Design Pattern
Slide 2About Matt
- Passionate FileMaker trainer
- Expert FileMaker developer
- Certified in FM versions 7 to present
- Founded 3 companies
- FBA Awards, conference sessions, Meetups
- ClarisTalk AI podcast with Cris Ippolite
Hey, nice suit ^
Slide 3Offerings
- Free training series
- Two hour classes for $99
- Champion Class coming January 7th
- Mentoring & Coaching
- matt@navarre.training
Slide 4Agenda
- A few more slides
- 45 minute live demo / Q&A
Slide 5Design Pattern
- Combination of different methods to solve a single problem
- Layout: Card window with master/detail portal
- Script A: Popup a Card
- Script B: Search
- Script C: Select an Item
Slide 6Card Window
- Modal
- You have to do something. You can’t click outside the window
- Visual focus: Dims the background
- Standardized in Mobile OS
Slide 7Part the first
- Connect Company to Person, where the person is a sales rep
- Show only the Person records with the IsSalesRep flag on
Slide 8Part the second
- Connect Company to Person with a join table
- A given person can be connected to multiple companies
- This is brutal do with relational value lists
- Bonus: Easy way to make a new person record