joegez

I had a layout with a portal with 8 rows that extended over a page boundary. That layout would only print the rows that were on the first page and none of the others. I modified that layout so the portal started at the top of the second page and extended over several additional pages. I also formatted it to slide up so that unused rows would not be shown or printed. I was then able to get all the filled rows to print even though it took more than 1 page. Is there any general explanation of why this change caused the print to work?

I would like to set up a value list that has values which are powers of 10. I would like to use a superscript notation for the list. I can't figure out how to format the items in a value list to make the last character in 105 to be a superscript.

I just checked again about the field with the vertical scroll bar in the header. It is a global text field. The format is for a standard field with a vertical scroll bar. The scroll bar is visible but I cannot cause the scrolling to work. Even though I allow entry into the field, I cannot enter it to modify or copy the contents. the layout is being designed both for printing and for display and use on the screen.

I have a column layout with a large text field describing the records displayed. The size of this field can vary quite a bit. I would like the printed report to show all the information in the field. I tried making the header large and having the objects in the header slide but the header cannot be reduced to fit the sliding objects. I apparently also cannot access a vertical scroll bar for that field in the header. Does anyone have a workaround for this type of problem?

Is there a way to change the size of the "Show Message" dialog box under control of my script? I use the "Show Message" step in my script with a message that is longer than the space allotted for the standard display. The user can expand the box but I would prefer to do it from within the script prior to the display of the message.

Is there some way that I can get the status of the omit checkbox of a find request? I know that if I am in find mode, the contents of the fields are the find criteria. I would like to be able to access whether the omit box has been checked also.

I solved my problem. The Help information with FMP 5 seems to be incorrect. It contains the following line. FieldNames

I am trying to get the names of all the fields in a database into a single global text field. I use Set Field for the global text field and try to specify FieldNames (Status (CurrentFileName)). I get an error message that there are too few separators when I click OK. I thought that it was acceptable to use the FieldNames function with the name of a database as a single argument.

Is there any way to increase the width of hte status area? I have layouts with names that are too long to show completely in the status area. I would like to increase the size so that I could see the full names of the layouts.

I am trying to accommodate users who will be able to do a find using a layout with approximately 30 fields. They would have no limitations imposed about the types of finds they could construct. I would like them to be able to view the find criteria when they see the outcomes of the finds.

quote: Originally posted by LiveOak: There is no way to use the field name as a variable. You will need to explicitly test each field. What are you trying to do? There is probably a different way to do it in FM. Some of the classical programming thinking doesn't really apply to FM. -bd I am trying to get the contents of the current set of find requests and put them into a global text field in the header of a column layout. This kind of information is available on printouts of scripts but I cannot find a way to make it easily accessible to users. I want to cycle through the fields of the request set and put the contents of the non-blank fields into a text field.

I would like to test the contents of each field in a layout. I can get the names of the fields by using the FieldNames function. I can separate them out in sequence. But then I am stuck about how to use those names to access the contents of each field.

I would like to create a layout that would show the criteria that were used to find the set of records. Is there any way to get them into a global text field that would be int he header of the layout?

I am concatenating strings to fill up a results text field. I would like some of the component strings to be separated by a tab character so that the outcomes will be properly formatted when the contents of the results field are pasted into Excel. I am able to set up individual lines by including the line return character but I cannot find a way to include a corresponding tab character.

Thanks quote: Originally posted by LiveOak: Aha! You have just discovered what that criptic script step "Set Error Capture (on)" is for. This script step toggles error capture which supresses the error dialog boxes. For instance: Allow User Abort (off) Set Error Capture (on) Perform Find (restore) If(Status(CurrentError) = 401) #No Records Found Exit Script Else #Records Found Sort(restore,no dialog) Go to Layout (List) End If -bd [This message has been edited by LiveOak (edited January 30, 2001).]