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Re: Selecting a Field in a Script

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From	Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com>
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Subject	Re: Selecting a Field in a Script
Date	Wed, 22 Apr 2015 08:52:57 +1200
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In article <1m38cet.dj8rxa1fv6n3jN%csampson@inetworld.net>, Charles H.
Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
> 
> The subject line is a bit of a tease, because that mignt not be what I
> want to do.
> 
> I have a fairly elaborate layout that has an obvious first field. By
> that I mean that when entering data this is the first value one would
> reasonably want to set. (It's an account number. I'm pretty sure that
> when entering data the first thing you would want to do is make sure
> you're working on the proper account.) The layout works as I wanted.
> Create a new record and the account number list is displayed, awaiting
> selection.
> 
> I have a script that creates a similar record to the current record. It
> saves the values of a few fields, creates a new record, and plugs those
> values in. The problem is that when the script is run the first field
> still displays the account number list, even though an account number is
> already in the field.
> 
> This obviously isn't a serious problem. A click in the second field gets
> me started. It is, however, displeasing. I'd much rather the script end
> with the cursor in the second field, but I don't see how to do that in
> FMP8. Reversing the order of the two fields doesn't work because in most
> instances the current first field is where you want to start, as I've
> argued above.
> 
> By the way, it happens that the drop-down list for the first field
> covers the second, so I really have to start by clicking in the third
> field and go back to the second field later. Yes, moving the second
> field elsewhere takes care of this but I'm pretty pleased with the
> organization of the layout as it is.
> 
> Any ideas?

Easy-peasy. That's what the Go To Field command is for.
i.e.
      Go To Field [MyField]

Since the field is empty, you don't need the  "Select/Perform" option
turned on.

In normal fields the "Select/Perform" option will select (highlight)
the field's data ready for copying or typing over with new data. It
also has a handy trick with container fields by being able to play the
movie or sound stored in them (I've seen some databases that use it to
play a fanfare when opening the database for example, or play a sound
when a long data-processing script has finished).


Also, if you set-up the Tab order for the Layout appropriately via the
menu option in Layout Mode, then when in Browse or Find Modes you can
get from the first field to the second by pressing the Tab key - no
need to click in the third field first.

Helpful Harry  :o)

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Selecting a Field in a Script csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-04-21 13:25 -0700
  Re: Selecting a Field in a Script Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-04-22 08:52 +1200
    Re: Selecting a Field in a Script csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2015-04-23 16:27 -0700
      Re: Selecting a Field in a Script Helpful Harry <HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com> - 2015-04-24 18:40 +1200

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