I am looking for a way to start a script each time a given layout is selected via the layout menu, not a button.

For example, I am building a custom search layout, so I would like the page to automatically default to "Find Mode" when the visitor selects that page, and then upon exit reverts back to "Show All Records".

Is this possible, and if so, can someone point me to some instruction?

Thanks,

Brad

No. You are much better off not allowing layouts to be changed manually and using buttons anyway. You can, however, create a mock layout menu, formatted as a pop-up menu, and attach a button to the field to

Allow User Abort [Off]

Go to Field [globalLayoutMenuField]

Pause/Resume Script [1]

Go to Layout [Layout Name by calculation: globalLayoutMenuField]

If [globalLayoutMenuField = "layout1"]

Enter Find Mode [ ]

Else If [globalLayoutMenuField = "layout2"]

Show All Records

Else If ...

...

End If