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[crazybake]

Sorry I've posted this before, but I am unclear...

What is the most efficient way to show data in a new window (I understand FM uses only one window per file). I have a schedule which shows a list of jobs. When the user clicks on the job, it changes layouts and show the details of the job. Unfortunately my app is a little clunky and requires too many buttons to get back to the place prior to the job detail.

I need simply for the user to click on the job detail and have a new window (file?) open which has the appropriate data. I also need to have the ability for the user to change data in this new window and have it dynamically update the data in the original file...

make sense at all?

thanks

[snekkis]

Provided there is a better solution, which I hope for it would be too, I would use a portal row in master file to show records from a related file, with a script button inside to open the other related file and to set field step to set the record id from your portal row. In the related file, it could only be enough to have a startup script with the go to record step with the fieldvalue which was set from your master file. A startup script unfortunately does not work between related files, so you would need a middle layout with a scriptbutton to run this script.

I made a simple master and relation file which shows what I just said.