One time dialog box

[digitalchaos]

Hello everyone

i am looking for a way to have a dialog box or screen that users can choose to not see again after the first time they vew it either by check box or button. any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated thanks.

[RussBaker]

Create a Global text field "g_ShowMe". Create 2 choice scripts (each assigned to buttons)

Script 1 Name = Show Me Again

Set Field [g_ShowMe, "Yes"]

Go To Layout [your normal entry layout]

Script 2 Name = Don't Show Me Again

Set Field [g_ShowMe, "No"]

Go To Layout [your normal entry layout]

As part of your startup script, include:

If [isEmpty(g_ShowMe)]

. Set Field [g_ShowMe, "Yes"]

End If

If [g_ShowMe = "Yes"]

. Go To Layout (your layout with the info you want to display - including your 2 choice buttons)

Else

. Go To Layout [your normal entry layout]

End If

[Pupiweb]

What Russ mentions is good but it will not work in a networked solution since it relies on global fields, and they'll be given the host value when opening the files again

You might use a Users.fp5 file to store the user's choice or a field in a "central" Menu-like file in which to write some unique user identifier and let your scrip test for the presence of that value in the field and branch accordingly

[digitalchaos]

Thank you all for the input i will try this solution and see if it works for me. Again thanks for your input everyone.