Refreshing Portal without clicking off screen

[mattlight]

Hi guys/gals,

I hope you're all doing well. I have a question that doesn't really matter but would be nice.

If you have a button in a portal row to Set Field [whatever] to a value that will then switch the portal row relationship to another, you have to click out of the portal and almost off screen before it refreshes both portal windows.

Is there something I can add to my script which will refresh the window without having to do this? I tried adding in REFRESH WINDOW but that seems to be for something different.

Also, one more thing - in FM7 you can have multi windows. They are independant from each other - if i scroll through records in one window, the other window remains static. Is there a way of syncing them up if they are both viwing the same database?

Sorry, I know it's two unrelated problems - hopefully trivial enough to not require their own forum.

I have done a search of the FM Forums but to no avail

Thanks for all your help

FileMaker Version: 7

Platform: Windows XP

[Charles Delfs]

Q1.

in your script: switch to another layout and back, or

switch to preview mode then back

q2, scroll in window 1 via scripted buttons then in the underlying script switch to window 2 change the record then switch back to window 1

Charles

[-Queue-]

It might be better to switch to Find Mode, if there are any calculations or summaries on the layout. Switching to Preview Mode may take more time in that case.

[Charles Delfs]

OH yeah true. I WAY agree with that. FMP can be a dog when it comes to previewing larger graphics. I just mentioned that cuz thats the way they do it in the new 'Business tracker' demo