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I think I get it....will test this evening and drop you a note. Thanks so much. Really appreciate the help.

You probably predicted this, but I don't know what an 'Open Script' is.... I've written hundreds of scripts over the years....99% of which were related to button launches and report generation.... but as I'm sure this is going to be something I'm going to have to do a lot, I would really appreciate your help. Our office just changed from local use to FM server this month and the learning curve has been steep.... Thanks so much, CB.

My problem is that instruction set is over my head. I've been programming standalone FM files for corporate event management for going on 12 years, but I have no background in FM Server (or Server Administration) and as such the above description from Stephen is way over my head. If there's a "How to fix this for dummies?" explanation, I'd be incredibly appreciative. The one thing I read from Stephen's reply that I think I understand is that he seems to indicate that you can modify a global field and have it stick if you open it you open the file as a local user. If the file is currently hosted on FM12 server, do I have to close it through administrator console before opening it in local mode with FM Pro Advanced...then I can change globals before re-opening in FM Server? Thanks again....and my apologies that I don't have the knowledge you guys take for granted....I truly wish I did, but I don't. Cheers, CB.

Similar Issue: FM12 Server installation We have text fields with global storage which happen to be Delegate Type Names, which tend to get changed based on our client So in this case the global fields affected are "Delegate Type 9 Text" and "Delegate Type 10 Text" I just double-checked and they are configured as Text Fields with Global Storage So with a Full Privilege Set from my workstation I'm going into "Open Remote....", selecting the FM12 hosted file, changing the field contents....but when I close, the field reverts. I've done other programming changes to scripts, layouts, etc....I do not understand why this is an issue. Nor how to fix. Can anyone help? Thanks so much, CB.

FYI: Problem may have been a bug with original version of v9.0 advanced. Just ran the 9.03 advanced update and it's working perfectly. On one hand - Woohoo! On the other - I just wasted 2 hours trying to debug something that I actually had configured properly. I'm going to send FM an invoice. :-)

I'm adding a Flight Tracking Module to my Event Planning Database. No problem building the relational tables for tracking multiple flights or anything like that. The only problem I am having is with the Flight Tracking Report I'm building. The summary/sub summary report is sorted first by Home Gateway, then by Arrival-Departure Pattern, with the body containing delegate information (of not all the sorting functions and that output is working flawlessly). The specific problem I'm having is that in the record row (body) which is one per delegate including their name, passport number, etc., I cannot get the multiple flights information to slide up if the above fields are empty. So as an example if I have four inbound flights per person (each with its own info like gateway, terminal, times, etc.), if two are empty (because I only need two legs to get the delegate to their destination), I want the full flight fields to slide up so I don't have a huge amount of unnecessary dead space. I've tried what I thought was the best route which was grouping the flight fields, anchored to the left only, then instructing them to slide up.....but that's not working. The empty fields are maintaining their space, and the full fields remain tiled below that dead space. Without having to write a bunch of calc fields to transition redundant data into text fields (which will ruin the column formatting), is there any way I'm missing to get the two unused field rows (let's call them Flight 3 & Flight 4) to disappear and have Flight 2 & Flight 1 shift upwards to top-align in the body section? Many thanks in advance....Matthew.