Go to Field, Exit Record, and Popup Menus

[kennedy]

Presume you have a field "foo" defined to use a Popup List, but NOT to allow entry...

If you setup a button that performs a script that first does Exit Record/Request, and then does Go to Field "foo", then it will popup the list. Cool.

If you try to avoid the need for the script by just having the button do Go to Field "foo", it no longer pops up the list. Darn. Why not?

Bonus: If you leave the button performing the script, but instead change the field to where it is a popup *menu* rather than popup *list*, then the Go to Field doesn't manage to pop it up. Why not?

FWIW, I am trying to implement OSX-style popup menu fields.

Thanks for any enlightenment!

[danjacoby]

This question is also posted in Value Lists -- I know you reworded it, but it's the same question.

[kennedy]

Well, actually only the "Bonus" question is the same as the question in Value Lists. In this thread I am asking about how "Go to Field" works in a script vs. a button and how Exit Record affects it. Those three things aren't asked at all in Value Lists... there I was just asking about the popup menu vs. list weirdness. My apologies if posting the Bonus question was out of line.