Duplicating Fields

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Hello,

New to Filemaker. Making a db that has a layout with several buttons. These buttons each point to a seperate layout. Each layout is identical and each one has the same fields as the others. When entering data on the first layout, the same data appears in the same fields on the other layouts. For example, if I put an Invoice Total on the first layout, click the button to go to the next layout, the Invoice Total has been populated with the same data as on the first layout.

How can I make the same field across each layout allow its own seperate data to be input? I can do this by duplicating fields, but this seems a long way around it.

Any help appreciated

Thanks

[Ugo DI LUCA]

Hmm...

Switching layouts wil still lead you to the same record, thus each field, on each layout would have the same result.

You may control the way your user would enter the value, locking fields according to the Status(CurrentLayoutName) function, or having it formatted as "disallowed", and many other tricks.

But I doubt this is your goal. May be you should read some more lines of the Manual. Not a sarcastic comment, just a little advice.

[BobWeaver]

Yes, different layouts are just different ways to view or edit the same data.

You may be confusing fields/layouts with records. I suspect that you really want to create a new record to enter data.