Help! New user trying to figure out a button.

[Mozart]

Hello all, I have a problem that I can't seem to figure out. I'm new and having trouble finding the answer to this question.

I have a database that contains computer service data. When the machine is repaired, the technician clicks the "complete" button on the form that displays the information for that particular job, which timestamps that particular work order. What I would like to do is click on a button (it actually looks like a tab at the top of the form) that says "complete" and view all of the completed jobs at once. I would also like to click on a button that says "incomplete" (again, one that looks like a tab at the top of the page) and view all of the jobs that have not been completed.

I have made another layout that it switches to when you click the "completed" button, but I can't figure out a way to get all of the completed machines to display in a list on this new layout.

Thanks so much for the help! I hope to become a regular Filemaker user, I just need to get the kinks out!

[QuinTech]

Hi Amadeus, if there is a script already attached to your button (tab), you can just add some steps to that script that perform a find for all records where the timestamp is empty ("Incomplete") or is not empty ("Complete"), whichever is appropriate for the button/script.

I'd give you more specific directions, but i know FM7 scripts find requests differently than FM6 (which is what i use) and i don't want to steer you wrong. The manual should give you more than enough guidance.

Jerry