field content to next record in portal

[freecolours]

I try to copy data (from a field in a portal) to the next record in the same portal, but I can't get it to work...

Example: I have a portal with an overview of items in stock. The last record in the portal shows the latest update from the items in stock (cNewTotal). I like to have new portalrecords showing the latest 'in stock' number in a number field (InStock).

Is there anyone out there who knows how to solve this?

[Fitch]

When you say "next record in portal," is this an existing related record or do you want it to create a new related record? The latter would require that "allow creation of related records" be checked in the relationship definition. Either way, you should be able to accomplish this using a combination of Copy/paste, Go to Field(relationship::relatedfield) and Go to Portal Row(Last/next/previous). You'll have to be more specific about the error or problem -- "can't get it to work" doesn't tell me much.

You may want to consider the alternative method of actually doing the work in the related file, i.e. do a Go To Related Records (show only related) then do your stuff in the related file. Portals can be a pain.