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Well, actually you can't view the javascript menus code because they are created when the page is loaded. The "motor" and "clase" are complementary options in the search form and work fine... I send you the javascript embeded document. Put it in the first level of the web folder. The correspondent field in the database should be "modelo" or "texto final", it is indiferent.

Yes, I think so for the rest of CDML tags as they work correctly... but the javascript external menus doesn

With the help of Beverly Voth, from Moonbow Software I could finally draw two drop down conditional menus using javascript to call a source document wit the arrays previously created. Now I can see the "makes" and "models" in the search form with the other CDML search tags but when I submit the selected values FMP ignores the "makes and models" selected options. How can I point the selected values in the javascript menus to the correspondent field in the DB? Thank you

The solution presented by Filemaker (www.filemaker.com/ti/105336.html) doesn't work as it's based on a portal for the second value list and it will sort repeated values for the first choice. How to allow a portal to filter unique values? another problem... probably you can't do it without user intervention.

What I have: One DB One field for "manufacturer and car model" The same in separated fields "manufacturer" and "car models" by calculation from first. Conditional value list based in "manufacturer" and "car models" If I select "BMW" in the first pop-up, the second sorts "318, 225, 525, etc" What I need: I need to select "BMW" and sort the related values in one portal alphabeticaly and omit repeated values. Now I see "525, 318i, 320, 318i (again), etc" Is that possible? Thank you

to moderators (in general): Your efforts here are really appreciated for me so don't feel outrage with some comment I can do (this is only product of a frustrating status)... ok? --------------------------- to Vaughan: Of course the question is to make a submitting of the first category to the database and wait for a response to the second value list. This is evident. I was reading somewhere (probably in some javascript resources page) that is possible to assign a function to one dropdown menu, for example submit on focus or something similar. I'm not javascripter. And yes, you will experience a refresh effect after that but I think it may be possible to divide the first menu and the conditional in different frames so you can make a calling and refresh only the second frame containing the conditional value list... this way you get a softness refresh delay in the answer. I think that Filemaker developers could offer samples or some code to resolve this common task (and some others) alike they include templates, because it will involve some javascript knowledge and they continuosly claim about the easiness of web development to filemaker users. Some specific CDML tag could resolve the problem for sure but they are concentrated on XML now. If I blame is becouse it should't be difficult. I have resolved many other -in theory- harder problems in my project yet. --------------------------- to Garry Claridge: Yes, this is exactly what I'm looking for (and probably a lot of people) but not only in the database (I have it) but in a web page... Remember that may be other values involved in this form, like the sort order or some pre-assigned value for the searching, so you have to make a submitting of the first valuelist to avoid unexpected results and that implies to ignore the rest of fields and javascripting or HTML calling just for this field like Anatoli wrotes... ---------------------------- to Anatoli: When you say is possible, are you offering us your colaboration? I can't avoid some fear feeling each time I read your tariff ---------------------------- to Spacemanspiff: Thank you very much, I take a fast view to your archive and it seems not to be what I need... I will study it again anyway. ---------------------------- to all of you: Excusses for my english. I'm from Spain but I hope you can translate me. Please help me finish this work. My son expects great things from his father and you wan't him to feel defrauded isn't it?

I have been working on my portal last months and the problem listed here is the reason I probably will have to junk all my work. After lot of work in this -my first proyect- all is working as I planned except this thing. Clients can't search the database using conditional lists in dropmenus. Why filemakers developers don't offer a work around about it? I don't know but I think this is inexcusable. I was reading several postings here about this problem but never a solution like a javascript. This will probably affect any filemaker web developer becouse is basic to make a search in most of medium complex databases... so please if someone can look for or write a script to solve the problem, please post it here in UPPERCASE! Thanks

Still confused. I have a field with car manufacturer and model in FM. I need to make a web search to this field with two pop-up fields. First one with car manufacturers and second one with the model list based on the manufacturer: BMW 318 325 325 TD... So first I made two calculation fields to obtain manufacturers and models separated from the original field. Then I used the results like list values for two pop-up fields. "Manufacturer" field and "models" field based on the relationship with "manufacturer". Ok, it works in FM. Now, in web search page, I use -Sort field tag to call "Manufacturer" and it sorts me the list with 50 values and works fine. Again -Sort field tag to call "Models" field but the field is blank.

quote: Originally posted by Keith M. Davie: I am not clear on what you mean by "shorts a range". It sounds like you have two fields. One field is car manufacturers and the other is car models. You want your client to enter something like "Ford" and "Taurus" in order to find some records. Basically you are attempting to perform an exact search (or -find) of two fields. Please research this cdml forum for links to the reference to technical papers on the exact search which has been posted at least 10 times over the past year. There is a wealth of valuable information on these forums which can answer most of the questions being asked. Takes a bit of research. Research is something which developers must do, especially beginning developers.

I need to use a conditional pop-up menu on a search page. In FM I have a pop-up field who shorts a range of car manufacturers and a conditional second one who shorts the models of each of them. In HomePage I could't short the second field (models) value list. Any idea please. Sorry for my english and my skill level.