Pop-Up window with Error message

[Shari]

Hello,

I'm new to this programming stuff and need some assistance.

I want to have an Error message Pop-up window display or grey out a date from a drop down menu when certain criteria is not met. I have defined the message and it displays under the field when the incorrect information is entered. However, I would like to only see the message as a new window pop-up when the error occurs.

Also, I would like invalid data to be greyed out so it cannot be selected from a valuelist drop down menu. Example: I have training dates in a value list for a year(Jan- Dec). I want to grey out past dates so the user can not select dates in the past. How can this be accomplished?

Thanks.

[Glen D]

Look in Define Fields/Options/Validation. You can define validation criteria for the field and display a custom pop-up message if the validation fails.

[Anatoli]

RE: I want to grey out

Not possible.

You can probably generate Value List from valid choices with some relation.

[Shari]

I set up a validation with the calculation I used to display a message. It seemed to work ok for a few records I added, but then I got a message: "Filename" is defined to require a value, but it is not available on this layout. Use another layout to assign a value to this field. So, now that's all I get. Can someone help?

Thanks,

shari

[-Queue-]

Fields with validation must appear on the layout when you create a new record or else you will receive the error message.

[Shari]

Thank you.