FileMaker Electronic Forms User Manual page 14

Finding Records
Using Find Mode
In 'Find Mode' you make 'Find' requests to locate records based on selected criteria. The located
records become the 'Found Set' for browsing, sorting, previewing, and printing. FileMaker Pro
switches to Browse after completing a find request.
Use 'Find Mode' to work with find requests, blank records into which you type or paste search
criteria. FileMaker Pro maintains a field-by-field index of the values in a file. When you run a
find request, FileMaker Pro looks through the index to find entries that match the search criteria.
Records that match the criteria are called the 'Found Set'. Once you have created a 'Found Set', those
are the only records available for browsing, sorting, previewing, and printing.
To switch to 'Find', use the 'Find' button located on the List View Layout, select
'Find' with the mode selector at the bottom of your screen or choose 'Find' from
the Mode menu. The keyboard shortcut is 'Ctrl+F'.
The 'Show All' button will undo any finds or found sets. To see all of your form
records, click the 'Show All' button.
Find Status Area
In 'Find', use the status area to create find requests. 'Find' requests locate the records that match
your find criteria. Those records become the found set, and are the only records available for
browsing, sorting, previewing, and printing.
Indicates number of current 'Find Requests'.
If more than one 'Find Request' is valid all
of them can be accessed by using the
request book.
Click in box to 'Include' or 'Omit' the search criteria.
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