New to Portals

[PTKen]

Hi! I'm new to using portals and I have a question. I've been reading many posts in this forum, but haven't found any that answer my question directly.

My problem is related to the number of rows in a portal. It seems I have to specify a finite number of rows in which to display related fields (I've always had the same confusion on how to handle repeating fields in this situation). But suppose in a one to many relationship, I don't know in advance how many related records there will be--it could be one or it could be twelve! If I have to put an upper limit on the number of rows to display in a portal--say I make it 10--then I won't see the last two related records. If I make it twelve, then what happens when there are fourteen related records? I can't know how many related records there might be in advance.

In otherwords, how can I display an undetermined number of related records in a portal? If I can't then what is my alternative? I'd prefer to not have to use sub-summary's because the records are not editable from a sub-summary field and the results must be sorted and previewed.

Isn't there a way to do this? A scrolling portal, if you will, that adapts it's length to the number of related records that it finds? Perhaps this can be scripted?

Thanks in advance.

Ken

[andygaunt]

Hi,

In the portal setup, check the display vertical scroll bar.

This allows you to scroll when you have more related records than can display in the amount of rows you specify.

HTH

[PTKen]

Thank you. I thought there had to be an easy way to accomodate this!

Ken