status area replacement

[veganboyjosh]

i've seen several examples of how to make a new status area, which enables the use of all that empty space under the status area, but i'm having a problem.

i set a calc field to status(currentfoundcount), and it works, but it only shows the first counted set. after i do more than one find, the same number hsows up, no matter how many found records there are. is there a way to turn the restore find request off for currentfoundcount? i can't seem to find one.

thanks!

oh, and any other advice anyone has on how to make "my" status area look more like fmp's status area would be greatly appreciated. there's all that primo gray real estate looking to be developed.

josh

[veganboyjosh]

one other issue i'm having.

i'm trying (successfully so far) to re-create the flip book rolodex thing to scroll thru records. in the standard status area version, there's a number that tells you which number of the found set you are looking at currently. this number is at the bottom right of the flip book. i tried using

status(currentrecordnumber) but that only gives me the current reecord's number in relation to the whole set, not only the found set.

say i have 100 records. i want to know that of the records i've found, i am looking at 15 out of 20. is there a way to calculate the 15?

[Lee Smith]

Check out the Status Functions in the Define Fields.

HTH

Lee

[danjacoby]

You have to make your Record Count & Number fields unstored calcs.

[veganboyjosh]

that did it! thanks so much. one solution worked out...and another 12 present themselves.

josh

[BobWeaver]

A few months ago, there was a very active thread with a lot of good comments on replacing the status area with a custom one. I think "Status Area" was in the subject line. If you can find it, it's worthwhile reading.