I am very new to this so please bear with me! I am trying to create a script that will function in different ways depending on the selection made in a field containing radio buttons.

I have a field 'Consent' in which you can select either Yes or No. What i would like to do is if 'yes' is selected have the script take the user to a different layout within the database. If 'no' is selected i would like it to remian on the same layout and display a message. Is this possible and if so how? I know this is probably simple but i am new to scripting!

Thankyou in anticipation

Hi Anna,

Check out the Show Message script step. For an example of how this can work,

Show Message at: http://www.fmfiles.com/tnt8.html

Lee

Hi Anna

try with

If (RadioField ="Yes")

Go to Layout [Other]

Else

Show Message (You haven't chosen Yes ...)

End If

You might also add an If () at the beginning to check for an empty RadioField, should this imply a different action

Hi,

Thankyou for your help. I have tried the above but i still canot get the script to run. Is it true that i have to have buttons to attach the script to or can it run simply from the 'Consent' Text field i have formatted for radio buttons? I know this may sound stupid but i haven't ever worked with Filemaker before.

Thanks,

Anna

Hi:

you can place a transparent button over each selection (yes and no, in this case) and assign it a script. For example, you would have 2 scripts - I'll call them YesButton and NoButton.

YesButton script:

Set Field [radio button field, "Yes"]

Go to Layout [whatever]

--or whatever you want it to do--

NoButton script:

Set Field [radio button field, "No"]

Show Message [whatever]

--or whatever you want it to do--

place these buttons over the yes and no in the radio button field and set them to transparent.

oh yea, don't forget to uncheck "allow entry into field" option.

Ken

Thankyou so much! It works! Just a question though for future reference, is it essential that when you want to run a script it be attached to a button?

Thanks again!

Anna

There are plug-ins that allow for script execution upon exiting a field, but this is not native to FM.

Thank you! I'm sure i will be calling on your help again in the near future!

Anna