Before typing, press Tab, click in a field......

[Singlequanta]

Does anyone know of a way to turn this dumb message off?

There must be some mechanism to disable that message, which occurs if you press a key while on a filemaker layout but have not actually click in a field. The particular layout I have has no fields on it (a locked screen layout) and if a key is pressed that error message comes up. Filemaker then stops whatever its doing until the OK button is pressed.

As a workaround, I'm using a third party software product called Buzof which automatically dismisses dialogs you specify. But, its a messy work around

Cheers!

Steve

[Anatoli]

Don't press key while in FM...

[Singlequanta]

LOL....

Tell that to the couple hundred people that walk up to the kiosk

[Vaughan]

Unplug the keyboard.

Ok. Ok... put the cursor into a field on the layout into which the user's errant key strokes can be typed.

[Anatoli]

I am glad you did take my advice with humor

Maybe Vaughan idea is workable... Black on black will be invisible, but what if someone will press Enter?

[Singlequanta]

Unfortunately can't do that either. This really should be an option that can be turned on or off... Very annoying. Someone gimme Filemakers source code so i can fix it!

The problem is peeple. Never underestimate the ability of random strangers to completely wreck your filemaker solution by doing something completely bizzare that you - never in a zillion years - would have thought of doing!

This solution is actually controlled with a UDP stream from a master computer. I can execute scripts remotely on the machines at will. The problem is that if that "Before Typing" dialog is present, the scripts of course won't run.

Steve

[Anatoli]

So remove keyboard and use touch screen for navigation buttons.

[Singlequanta]

LOL. Can't do that either.

OK - so solution actually runs an internet cafe. so once the kiosk is 'unlocked' then the customer needs to be able to use the keyboard and mouse

[Anatoli]

Hmm then probably you are toasted, sorry, my brain cannot think of something better...

[Singlequanta]

LOL!!! Thats actually the way around it thanks! What i did was created a field that uses a calculation to run a script on field change and the script simply clears the field, resets the layout and returns it to the same config.

Thanks Vaughn - I owe you a Tooheys!

[John Wallace]

How is it running a script on field change? Is it using a plugin to do this? Does the user have to tab out of the field for the script to run?

[Vaughan]

When I was in FNQ I drank a lot of XXXX, or Fosters.

For some strange reason I don't drink much anymore...