'Activate' a portal

[Phil K]

I have a product_sales database with a portal to a product_inventory database. It works perfectly _IF_ you press 'Enter' before entering any data. If you create a new record in product_sales and start entering data in the portal, it does not retrieve the data. It doesn't do anything wrong, just nothing. I'm new at Filemaker, but everyone here says 'That's the way it is.'

Fine. My question is how to generate that 'Enter' in a script. I need to create a new record and populate it with parts and have the portal work correctly.

Hope that's clear.

Thanks,

[-Queue-]

Commit Records/Requests after your New Record/Request script step. The new record doesn't exist within the system until it is committed. You can see this by selecting Records -> Revert Record before committing a new record; it will be deleted.

[Phil K]

Commit Records/Requests after your New Record/Request script step. The new record doesn't exist within the system until it is committed. You can see this by selecting Records -> Revert Record before committing a new record; it will be deleted.

Hmmm...

Commit Records/Requests does not seem to exist in any of my menus or in ScriptMaker. Not in my Help file, either. I'm currently running FM6 Pro. Is it time to upgrade or am I looking in the wrong place?

Thanks so much for your help.

[-Queue-]

I could have sworn your profile showed version 7. Anyway, use Exit Record/Request. I wouldn't think that this should be a problem in versions before 7.

[Phil K]

I could have sworn your profile showed version 7. Anyway, use Exit Record/Request. I wouldn't think that this should be a problem in versions before 7.

That did it. One chilled beverage for you!

Thanks!