tom duckers

Thanks Soren, I should have thought of that, it cleans the script up nicely. And on the original issue (which I didn't explain very well), the apparent delay on the execution of the first script step was nothing to do with the script and everything to do with an unnecessary field on the layout (that was being refreshed when the record was selected).

Hi, In a 'price file comparison' solution I have a script which deletes an individual price file and its parent supplier record. Script is as below, triggered by a button on the parent record. My problem is that sometimes there is a delay before the custom dialog is displayed. In this time filemaker is performing a find. The delay seems to be proportional to the size of the price file in question and for long files the 'finding' box is displayed briefly. If you wait for the find to complete, decline to delete the file then run the script again it goes straight to the dialog. This isn't a killer problem but I'd rather cut the delay out of the process, has anyone got any ideas why it happens? Regards Tom The script: Set Error Capture [ On ] Show Custom Dialog [ Title: "Are you sure"; Message: "This will DELETE the current list for this supplier: proceed?"; Buttons: “OK”, “Cancel” ] If [ Get (LastMessageChoice) = 2 ] Exit Script [ ] Else End If Set Variable [ $pk_sup; Value:Suppliers::pk_Sup ] Go to Layout [ “pricelist for delete test” (Pricelist 5) ] Show All Records Enter Find Mode [ ] Set Field [ Pricelist 5::fk_sup; $pk_sup ] Perform Find [ ] Delete All Records [ No dialog ] Go to Layout [ “SuppliersInfoForSupplierManagement” (Suppliers) ] Enter Find Mode [ ] Set Field [ Suppliers::pk_Sup; $pk_sup ] Perform Find [ ] Delete Record/Request [ No dialog ] Perform Script [ “VieworEditSuppliers” ] Exit Script [ ] Set Error Capture [ Off ]

dunno if it's the best way but I reopen my exported csv's with textwrangler (http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/) and re-save them with windows linebreaks/character set.