Edit value list via script?

[blackdog]

I am creating a page with a series of checklists of "to-do" tasks, i.e.:

Opening Spread:

x manuscript received

x text poured

x art received

x art placed

Lesson pages

x design completed

x design approved

etc...

The checklists are based on value lists for each field. I tried basing the value lists on related tables, but in the end I did it just using custom values so they can display in custom order. I would like the user be able to add checklist items. I can do this by setting up a separate popup menu that includes "edit..." which brings up a tidy little dialog box with the value list easily modifiable. But it's a little clunky to get to that dialog, because the user has to scroll past the other values in the list and select "edit..." from the popup menu. I'd like to be able to have a button that brought you directly to editing that custom value list. Is there a way to script so a button jumps you directly to editing a custom value list? (It needs to work cross-platform.) Thanks in advance for any advice.

[Brian C]

In the end I still think that what you are trying to do would work better in a multi table setup.

Sorting can be controlled by using a user defined sequence number field.

Usually a 2 digit number of 00-99 is suficient for most cases.

Once you have the value list set to use the table as your value list, you should be able to choose the sequence number as the 2nd displayable field and choose to sort the entries in the value list by the sequence number.

The end result would give you something like:

"manuscript recieved 01"

which when selected would just input:

"manuscript received"

Not quite as pretty, but more functional, and you can also have your one button click to edit your value lists as well.