Display Layout from Another File (Newbie question)

[hfinlay]

hi there,

i'm trying to do something very basic, but being new to this am having no success. I simply want to have a button no a layout which minimises the current window and calls a layout from a file with related fields and displays that layout maximise. Sounds like it should be simple, but I can't get the scripting right. Any help appreciate.

Version: v6.x

Platform: Windows XP

[SteveB]

You don't have to minimize the first layout. Have a script in the second file with a GoTo Layout. Call this script from the button on the layout in the first file. FM will bring the second layout to the front.

Steve

[hfinlay]

thanx, i knew it must be easy, but couldn't see it!

[hfinlay]

duh, just tried it, but can't in the 'perfrom script' window, can't get to the scripts in the other, only the ones in the current file. ??

[hfinlay]

duh, just tried it, but in the 'perfrom script' window, can't get to the scripts in the other, only the ones in the current file. ??

[SteveB]

At the top of the drop-down for the Perform Script Step is ...External Script.

Select it, then choose a file.

Steve

[Echo33029]

Actually the Perform Script step, when attaching a script to a button, does not offer the External option. What you need to do is create a script in File 1 that includes a Perform script step, referencing the external script in the second file. Then in the first file, attach that script to a button.

Echo

[Vaughan]

Make sure the script in the related file ends with "Refresh Window [bring to front]" to force FMP to bring the window forward.

[hfinlay]

thanx everyone for helpful tips.