Chapter 17. Advanced Portal Techniques
In this chapter
Using Portals to Create Calendars
FileMaker Extra: Portals and Record Locking
Portals in FileMaker Pro
Portals are important tools in the FileMaker toolbox. In their most basic form, they display data that pertains to the essential relationships in a given system. For example, a record for a neighborhood might show all the related house records in a portal, or a record for a class might show a portal of all the students enrolled in that class. Portals in cases like those reflect the primary relationships in a database. This is especially true if you make use of portal functionality ...
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