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FileMaker Mobile 2 for Palm OS. (Network Products).


FileMaker Mobile 2 Companion for Palm OS, is new software to transfer and synchronise Verb 1. synchronise - happen at the same time
contemporise, contemporize, synchronize

hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence";
 data between FileMaket Pro 5.5 v2 databases on desktop computers and Palm OS handhelds. The new software supports Mac OS X, Mac OS and Windows.

FileMaker Mobile 2 users can transfer up to 50 fields per record from a desktop FileMaker Pro 5.5 v2 database to a Palm OS handheld.

The solution provides users with new ways to enter data on Palm OS handhelds including:

* Pop-Up Menus pop-up menu n (COMPUT) → menú m emergente

pop-up menu n (COMPUT) → menu m inv a comparsa 
, Pop-Up Lists, and single Check Boxes, can be transferred from a desktop databases to a handheld.

* Phone numbers in the Palm OS Address Book may be inserted directly into FileMaker Mobile 2.

* The new Date and Time Picker speeds the entering of those types of data.

* The new Note feature allows certain fields to expand to fill the handheld screen, aiding data entry.

To view and navigate mobile data:

* Columnar list viewing is easier since users can look down an important first column of data, and reorder re·or·der  
v. re·or·dered, re·or·der·ing, re·or·ders

v.tr.
1. To order (the same goods) again.

2. To straighten out or put in order again.

3. To rearrange.

v.
 and resize Verb 1. resize - change the size of; make the size more appropriate
size - make to a size; bring to a suitable size

rescale - establish on a new scale
 columns.

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 and HandEra 330 users can navigate through FileMaker Mobile 2 forms using the handhelds' Jog Wheel or Jog Dial A jog dial, jog wheel, shuttle dial, or shuttle wheel is a type of knob, ring, wheel, or dial which allows the user to shuttle or jog through audio or video media. .

FileMakerMobile 2 must be used with FileMaker Pro 5.5 v2, and is supported on handhelds running Palm OS 3.1, and desktop computers running Windows 2000, Me, 98, 95, NT 4.0, Mac OS X version 10.1, or Mac OS 8.1 -9.1

www.filemaker.com/products/mbl2_requirements.html.
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Publication:Database and Network Journal
Article Type:Product Announcement
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Apr 1, 2002
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