Tryin' to do a find on an unmodifiable field???

[Joel Taylor]

Hey, I'm tryin to write a script that will do a find on "Venue ID" ... however the field is a Serial Number (type field) with the option of NOT allowing users to modify. So, how can I go about preforming a search when I can't even enter the Venue ID field in Find mode?

Yikes! Thanks for any help!

[RalphL]

Set field will work when in the find mode, or you can manually enter in the find mode. You can enter into a global field and use that field as the source in the set field.

[Joel Taylor]

Ummm ... I can't enter the field in Find mode manually. Are you sayin I can by script? I don't think that's what you're saying.

I know I can copy the contents of the field by creating a global field with a calculation of the Venue ID ...

But when I go in to find mode, how do I do a search with the serial I've copied?

[RalphL]

That's funny, I can enter a value in the find mode to a field that prohibits modification by the user.

Are you sure you are in the find mode?

[Joel Taylor]

Yep, I'm positive. I can't enter any of the fields that are 'unmodifable'.

However, I just made a duplicate of the Venue ID field ... with the calculation as described ... and now I'll just search via the duplicate field. A bit of a pain, but works.

Hey, is there a function on this forum to email me when a reply is posted?!?!?! I can't find it! Thanks Ralph.

[Lee Smith]

Hi Joel,

At the bottom of the each Thread Page, in the "Extra Information", you have the ability to toggle a thread as Favorite. By doing that, the Forum will email you a notification when someone posts to a Favorite.

Toggle this one, then read the information that will pop up as it is putting into your Profile page as a favorite.

HTH

Lee

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You can manually enter Find Mode, if the menu option is available. Press Ctrl-F (Windows) or Cmd-F (Mac).