Alphabet buttons for address db

[lokimann]

For the Filemaker gurus out there, a simple question:

In an address book db, I'd like to have a row of buttons corresponding to the letters of the alphabet that when clicked jump to the record that has that letter as the first letter in a specific field (LastName). Sort of a shortcut to that section of the db. I'm sure it can be done with a script, just not sure on the specifics. Any ideas?

Thank You for your time,

lokimann

[Lee Smith]

Check out this file AlphaJump

at this URL

http://www.fmfiles.com/tnt8.html

HTH

Lee

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[Lee Smith]

Here is another one Title Jump

http://www.fmfiles.com/tnt1.html

I've used its concept a couple of times and it works fine.

HTH

LEE

[lokimann]

Cool.

Thankyou for the links. Just have to get it to work now...

lokimann

[RussBaker]

I have attached a much cut-down file from one of my race registration systems. It contains both an alphabet button search for last names starting with a letter (The LIST VIEW button on the top left) and a clairvoyance search for last names (The FIND LAST NAMES button on the top left).

In all the list views and portals, clicking on the names will take you back to the form view for that person.

Probably not the most "elegant" way to do it - but it works.

The calculations which deliver the combined first and last names (friendly or official) also have the trim and substutite functions in them to get rid of excess spaces and carriage returns - the subject of another post in the forum today.

Name Finder Sample.zip

[Lee Smith]

Hi Russ,

Thanks for sharing again.

I have a question though. I understand your selections under "Sex" of Male and Female, but what the heck is a Mixed?

Lee

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[RussBaker]

Mixed? Well, I recall a few weeks back there was a post containing a sex of: "uncertain for those who didn't want to reveal". (I can't ever recall an uncertain who didn't want to reveal, but thats another story).

Actually, the race registration system, of which the complete file is a part, caters for teams as well as individuals in events such as triathlons, and one of those options is for a mixed sex team.

[Lee Smith]

Well, there nothing like a mixed sex team doing a triathlon.

This I have to see )