VIEWING IN PREVIEW MODE

[MITCHELL]

I generated a form, lets call it "work order". It works fine in browse mode and I can print it from browse mode, but I can only email the "work order" if I copy it in preview mode and paste it as a picture into my email. This works OK because I usually email one or two at a time. My problem is that when I switch to preview from browse I get a preview of the first "work order" in a list of a couple of thousand. Now if I copy the record number under the little book icon in browse and then paste it under the book icon in preview I get the order I want to email. What I would like to do is automate this process with a script. Maybe not the paste into email part, but viewing the same work order in preview that I see in browse.

Thank you,

Mitchell

[Anatoli]

Try to print to PDF.

[spragueg]

You could also make a self relationship based on an id unique to the work order like id to workorder::id. Then you can Go to related records (show only related records)which will change your found set to only the current record. Then do the preview thing since there is ony one found record it will be available in the preview.

[-Queue-]

Or set a global with Status(CurrentRecordNumber) before entering Preview Mode. Then Go to Record/Request/Page [by Field Value] and select your global. This way you won't lose your current found set when you return to Browse Mode.

[spragueg]

"...Or set a global with Status(CurrentRecordNumber) before entering Preview Mode. Then Go to Record/Request/Page [by Field Value] and select your global. This way you won't lose your current found set when you return to Browse Mode..."

I could be wrong but, I don't beleive that will work unless it happends to be the first record in the found set. Preview mode only shows the frst record in the set unless you page down.

[-Queue-]

Paging down is equivalent to Go to Record/Request/Page (notice 'Page' in the command) Next, Last, Previous, by Number, or by Field Value in Preview Mode. As long as you're in Form View and only one record fits per page, it works just fine.