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[markga]

Hi, I'm new to fmp(5) but I really like it. I'm working creating a customer database. There are 2 files, one the customer file the other is a zip code file which will contain the city, state and zip code. What I want to know is how to have fmp automatically create the zip code record if it doesn't find a zip code match? Righ now if it does find a match it inserts the appropriate city and state in the proper fields in the customer file. But perhaps I'm approaching it wrong?

Thanks!

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by markga:

Hi, I'm new to fmp(5) but I really like it. I'm working creating a customer database. There are 2 files, one the customer file the other is a zip code file which will contain the city, state and zip code. What I want to know is how to have fmp automatically create the zip code record if it doesn't find a zip code match? Righ now if it does find a match it inserts the appropriate city and state in the proper fields in the customer file. But perhaps I'm approaching it wrong?

Thanks!

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You would need to create some scripts to accomplish such a thing. Basically have your scripts fill in the field if a match is found, if no match is found prompt the user for the city and state information and add it to your zip code file.

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Kurt Knippel

Senior Filemaker Developer

http://www.database-resources.com

mailto:[email protected]

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[markga]

Thanks, that works great. One question, how can I get the script to return me to the record I came from automatically when finished?

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by markga:

Thanks, that works great. One question, how can I get the script to return me to the record I came from automatically when finished?

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you never actually left that record, just Toggle Window (Hide) as the last step in the script and you will be back to the screen you started from.

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Kurt Knippel

Senior Filemaker Developer

http://www.database-resources.com

mailto:[email protected]

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