FIND REQUESTS

[kenneth2k1]

First of all, I want to thank everyone who has helped me in learning the various aspects of FM Pro.

I was watching this tutorial CD-ROM for FM Pro 3.0, and the instructor was making a script that included a find request. In the script he used the "Perform Find" function. Prior to this, he was on the layout that had the fields he wanted to perform the find across, and said that when using the "perform find" the Restore command restores that last find criteria on that layout when the script is actuated.

If someone performs a manual find on that layout after the creation of that script, does that disrupt the "Perform Find" in the script??

I hope my question makes sense. Ill try to explain better later.

[JPaul]

The answer is no.

If you perform a particular find or sort action and then you build the respective script the option are preserved permanently.

This also apply to various actions: import /export etc.

Any of these actions performed manually (outside scripts) by the user do no affect the original criteria.

Hope this clarify, regards.

[kenneth2k1]

Yes, that clarifies.

Thank you very much

-ken

[kenneth2k1]

So, could you perform a certain find, then make a script that performs that find, then perform another find in that layout then make another script (So as to have multiple finds on one layout??) Or is there a better way?

Thanks

Ken

[LiveOak]

Lose the concept of layout. What layout you are on when the Find is preformed has no effect on the how a script stores the last find request or restoring the last Find request without using a script.

-bd