Cookie not setting as required

[ovalking]

I have a few records displayed (all on one page) and I am trying to set a cookie based on whatever record the user clicks on. But the cookie is always getting set to a value from the last record displayed, not the one they click on.

The idea is the user clicks the link in a record and it then goes to a page to create a new record in another database, where MyField is pre-filled in. This bit works fine it's just the wrong value pre-filled.

The key part of code in my format file is...

[FMP-record]

<P>

Value of MyField:[FMP-field: MyField].<BR>

<A HREF="FMPro?-db=MyDatabase&-lay=Detail%20Layout&-format=CreateEntry.html[FMP-SetCookie: MyFieldCookie=field:MyField]&-new">Create another record with the same MyField</A>

</P>

[/FMP-record]

I'm using FMP4 Mac, and was avoiding a token because I'm using that for something else. I did try setting the field value within the URL, but this creates a new record before the user has the chance to entered other data!

Thank you if you can help.

[ovalking]

Just for info on this...

It doesn't work because the Cookie appears to get set regardless of whether the user clicks on the url or not.

In testing I also found setting/reading/setting/reading aCookie on the same page gave unpredictable results.

In the end I used -token and managed to get a cookie working where I originally used the token.