script..find..global

[crazybake]

I'm not sure if this is a scripting question or a global field/portal question (or simply a popup or repeating field). I have a script which performs a find for all jobs on a peice of equipment. I want these records to listed in a menu with a scroll bar. Next to this menu I want to have a additonal fields such as "date to be completed" etc.

The user could then select the record from the list and enter the data associated with record in the fields next to it without having to go to another layout...

thanks

[Fitch]

You could do a Find, then mark all the found records, then set a global field to the same mark (e.g. "1"), then display those records in a portal. When you click a row in the portal, it could put that record's id into a second global, related to a group of fields below the portal. It's a slightly tricky technique, and has some additional safeguards that should be implemented in a multi-user setting.

I'm wondering if you couldn't just use a standard list layout, and put the fields you want on it. Just have your script go to this layout after it performs the Find.