portable tickboxes

[eyedoctor]

Hi guys

Hoping for some intellectual input from those more experienced than I.

I am trying to create a "portable tick box"

By this I mean a script that I can attach to any field to make it a tick box

So far I have created a number field and set it to display all non zero values as a tick.
I have then attached a scriptrigger which runs a script on entering the field

The script is as follows:  Set Field by Name [Get (ActiveFieldTableName)& ::" & get (ActiveFieldName);Abs (Get (ActiveFieldName)& "::" & get (ActiveFieldName)-1)]

 

This way if the field is empty it will be set to 1 and if it isn't it will be set to zero.

So far, when I click into the field it correctly sets it to 1 and displays the tick but it remains at 1 and won't zero which I don't understand.

 

Can anyone see the flaw?

 

Joseph

[comment]

Get (ActiveFieldName)

gets the field's name. You want to modify the field's value, so set the field to =

Abs ( Get ( ActiveFieldContents ) - 1 )

or simply =

not Get ( ActiveFieldContents )

 

[eyedoctor]

Awesome. This works really well.

I notice though that by using this method, that the 1 or 0 becomes momentarily visible before seeing the tick

If I set the field directly ( set field rather than set fieldbyname) that the 1 or zero is not displayed

[comment]

2 minutes ago, eyedoctor said:

I notice though that by using this method, that the 1 or 0 becomes momentarily visible before seeing the tick

That is the nature of the hack you have devised: a script triggered OnObjectEnter runs after entering the field - and while a field is active it will display its contents unformatted. If you use a button instead, the field won't be entered at all and you won't see the raw contents.

What is the purpose of these boxes?

 

[eyedoctor]

They are just tick boxes.

Look better than the native Filemaker ones.

Problem with attaching a script, is that the field is not entered and so the Get(active fieldname) won't work because the field is never active

[comment]

1 hour ago, eyedoctor said:

Problem with attaching a script, is that the field is not entered and so the Get(active fieldname) won't work because the field is never active

That is correct: you need to use a script parameter to identify the field. Or attach a single-step action to each button.

[eyedoctor]

I like the idea of the single step action, but how would this work?

[comment]

You would have to define each button individually, with the specific field being hard-coded in the Set Field[] script step.

[eyedoctor]

I think that in the end, this is probably a better and simpler approach.

Thank you for your advice

 

Joseph