FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

9-4 FileMaker Pro User’s Guide
Setting memory preferences
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Changes you make to FileMaker Pro files are stored in an area of RAM
called the cache, and are saved periodically to the hard disk. In memory
preferences, you choose when FileMaker Pro saves your changes.
Do this To
Select during idle time Save changes when the system is idle or when the file cache
is full. Don’t use this option with battery-powered portable
computers—it can run down the power supply.
Select every or when
necessary, and then choose an
interval from the drop-down list
Save changes at a specified time interval or when the file
cache is full
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E memory preferences
Setting preferences for dialing phone numbers
Modem and dialing preferences affect the way FileMaker Pro dials
phone numbers. To dial phone numbers:
1. Define a script that includes the Dial Phone step.
Dial Phone specifies which phone numbers to dial. See chapter 5,
“Using ScriptMaker and buttons.”
2. Specify modem and dialing preferences.
See the following sections.