I use a global field in several layouts. Why I cannot access the content of that global field in all layouts ?? I have access to this global field only in one layout. Could not even figur out why only that layout

If your layout is list View and you have put the global into header or footer section of it than you can not access the field.

Remember that, while in List View, fields in header or footer present their values from record being currently selected.

Also if you copied the locked field and than have changed it to some other field, it would remain locked

HTH

Dj

Yes indeed that is the case I use the global field in List headers YES and I can access that global field only in a FORM view got it!!! thanks but WHY this restriction is not clear to me. Is that documented in the Manual/help ??

Willy Kaemena

I'm not sure about why such restriction. However, since the error returned from FM when trying to gain access on field(either "normal" or global) located in header or footer is 102 (field is missing) my best guess is that this is done to avoid unwanted changes of the record.

User might have had changed by accident the current record (just one click needed) so you can not have certainty on to which record field is belonging to.

However this doesn't answer why globals can not be accessed when in footer or in header

Correction: normal fields give error 102 only if not presented also in body

HTH

Dj