Studio Manager Bulletin

SM7 Bug Fix Instructions - Client Jobs Portal

Up till now, I've been handling bug fixes by email, but I have a couple today. My lucky day. And thought I would try out sharing the fix on this blog.

On the Clients tab in Contacts, there's a subtab that shows you all the jobs that have been done for this client. Normally in a portal, there's always a little round button on the left of each portal row that will take you to that exact record in the related table. But this one takes you to the first job you've ever done. Wrong!

The script step that goes to related records was originally set to *Jobs* but later I got the idea to show only active jobs in the portal and changed the portal to use the *JB_Active_CT* relationship but didn't change the associated script step. Oops!

Here's the fix. Sign in with an account that has master level access. Then select Scripts/ScriptMaker and scroll down:

Double-click and locate the highlighted scriptsteps that apply to this portal (this actually shows the fixed script step):

Double-click the Go to Related Record step highlighted and select JB_Active_CT in the *Get related record from* and Jobs from the *Show record using layout* prompts as shown below:

Click OK, OK, OK and you are done. Don't hesitate to let me know if you have questions.

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Studio Manager 7 runs perfectly in FileMaker 8

Just in case you saw the announcement this week that FileMaker Pro 8 has been released (Monday, August 29), I wanted you to know that Studio Manager 7 is compatible with 8. You can upgrade any time without worrying about it. See my FileMaker Fever blog for more information about FileMaker 8.

On the other hand, if you are running Studio Manager 3 or 4, you'll need to upgrade to Studio Manager 7 before you can upgrade to FileMaker 7 or 8. Because the file format of 7 and 8 is the same but is very different than the format for FileMaker 6 and prior. Basically, FileMaker 7/8 is a complete rewrite of FileMaker and the architecture is quite different. The downside of that is that you can't open a complex application like Studio Manager in 7 or 8 and have it just work like you've always been able to do with every other FileMaker upgrade.

I will be announcing more news about our upcoming version of Studio Manager which will be called Studio Manager 8 in the near future. Please stay tuned. And don't hesitate to use the email link on this page or even call me personally if you have questions about any of this.

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Redesigning the Studio Manager Blog

I'm experimenting with a new look for this blog. Please bear with me while I fine-tune it. I'm loving the black but have things to do to make it readable. Suggestions in the comments or by email are much appreciated.