drag and drop

[MikeG]

I am brand new to FileMaker. I have a project in which I want to drag and drop selected records (including related records) from one database to another. Ideally a button that opens up to a browse allowing the user to select the record to drag and drop it in another container. Is this possible?

[DykstrL]

The simple answer is 'Yes' and 'No'.

You can very easily move specific records from one database to another using scripts - but you can't do it using 'drag-n-drop'. You can drag-n-drop single field elements from one file to another, but only one field at a time.

Here's one way to do it:

Create a list view with enough fields on it to allow the user to identify a particular record. Create a button in the body of the layout. Attach to that button a script that would make that one record a found set by itself:

then call an external script in the recieving file to import the record(s) from the first file.

Ouick and easy script for this:

script for button (file1):

Show All Records

Omit Record

Show Omitted

Perform Script [sub-scripts, External: "File2": ImportFiles]

Show All Records

Import Files script (In file 2):

Import Records [Restore, no dialog, "File1"]