Viewing Plant Database Records

Each plant entry and its associated botanical information is considered a “record” in FileMaker. Several view modes display the records in ways designed to facilitate performing related tasks. When the plant database first opens, the records operate in Browse mode, with Forms displayed.

To familiarize yourself with the different display modes, and view the plant records in a variety of ways:

1.	Open the plant database as described in Accessing the Plant Database.

2.	Select the View > Status Area database command to enable viewing controls and status to the left of the record form.

These items can also be found on the View menu.

3.	Select the view mode and layout depending on the task to accomplish.

 

Mode or View	Description
Browse	Displays plant record information and allows editing
Find	Displays a blank form for specifying search criteria
Preview	Displays plant record information as it will be printed
Form	Displays each record as an individual form or “page”
List	Displays records consecutively in a scrollable list
Table	Displays each record as an item in a table, for sorting and reordering
Data View	Displays plant record information
Web View	Displays a special browser (using the default system browser) for locating plant images and information