Beginner question

[rob_g]

Hi All,

Just getting started with FMP7 here (well, getting started with Filemaker, period.) I successfully merged my two FMP6 files into one multi-table FMP7 file and would like to begin adding modules to it. This is a rolodex application.

The first thing I wanted to do was create a script to generate faxes. The way I'd l ike it to go is the user looks up the recipient's name in the rolodex, then a "create fax" button would create a new record in a fax table, with the recipient's name & company info plucked from the rolodex and pasted into the appropriate fields as a lookup.

But I don't see any script steps that would accomplish this. Can someone get me headed in the right dorection here?

[chemparrot]

This is really sketchy, but it should help get you started:

Display Custom Message <- prompt the user to enter a name to look up from the Rolodex (and you should have a test to exit the script if the user hits the cancel button, but otherwise do the following)

Go To Layout <-send user to the rolodex layout

Go To Field <-put the cursor in the correct field

Enter Find Mode [Pause] <-go into search mode and wait for the user to hit "Continue"

Perform Find <-do the find the user just entered

(you will have to put some code here to assure that the user is on the record of the intended recipient - then)

Copy <- copy the ID of the recipient (you might use LastName&FirstName&MI&Company as a calculated ID, or assign a serial identifier for each rolodex entry using some other formula)

GoToLayout <- go to the fax layout

New Record/Request<- create a new record in the fax table

Paste <- paste the recipient's ID

Relookup <- look up the recipient's name, address, info based on the ID

I'm sure others can help fill this in (and probably do a lot better user error/contingency checking than I do)! But this should at least get you started.