Loop works on Mac, not PC

[signal]

Wrote a little "jump menu" script:

When you click on a popup list, it calls a script that puts the cursor in the menu and starts a 1 second loop that waits for status(currentfieldname) to not equal the popup list fieldname.

Then it calls a subscript that does something.

Similar to popups on the web that take you to different pages after selection without having to hit a "GO" button.

It works great on my Mac FM 5.5v2 but not a friends PC FM 5.5v2. On his, he sees the list for a split second and then it goes away but the loop is still running.

Any ideas?

[ February 14, 2002, 11:51 AM: Message edited by: signal ]

[BobWeaver]

Rather than checking whether you are still in the field, why not check to see if the field has taken on a new value like this:

code:

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Exit Record/Request

Set Field [gPopUp, ""]

Go to Field [gPopUp][select/Perform]

Loop

Pause/Resume["0:00:01"]

Exit Loop If [gPopUp <> ""]

End Loop

# continue with rest of script

[signal]

I'll try that. Thanks. Any idea why my try didn't work on a PC?

[BobWeaver]

Umm, er, .... because it's a PC?

[signal]

Not an encouraging answer when I'm writng this for thousands of PC users and maybe 5 Mac users. -)

[BobWeaver]

Yes. I know. I work on a Mac, which is probably not a smart idea if my users are all going to be on PC's.

[tlsparker]

Try formatting the field as a popup menu rather than popup list and see if that works. I have a similar script for a dropdown list that works OK on PC. Demo is at my site: http://www.tgparker.com/filemaker

Download dropdown.zip

Tom

[ February 14, 2002, 03:26 PM: Message edited by: Tom Parker ]