tmac Posted June 30, 2001 Share Posted June 30, 2001 I use an identical db on my Mac at home as I use on my Win98 at work. On the Mac at home, a calculated "full name" field validated for uniqueness presents a message box with a beep whenever a name first & last name is entered that matches a current record. It then presents the user with the choice of "revert field" or "OK." On the Win db, configured identical to the Mac, the message box comes without a "revert field" option, just the "OK" button. Is there a simple fix for this that I'm missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eremaut Posted July 3, 2001 Share Posted July 3, 2001 Hi, No simple fix. We find it a serious bug on FM Windows and we also found this problem on FM 5.0 and FM 5.5. Even on other ocassions this missing "revert"-button can lead (depending on field-validation) to a circular hang of FM on Windows. We have reported this to the FM development team for correction. Erwin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies Reflex Posted December 13, 2001 Newbies Share Posted December 13, 2001 quote: Originally posted by tmac: I use an identical db on my Mac at home as I use on my Win98 at work. On the Mac at home, a calculated "full name" field validated for uniqueness presents a message box with a beep whenever a name first & last name is entered that matches a current record. It then presents the user with the choice of "revert field" or "OK." On the Win db, configured identical to the Mac, the message box comes without a "revert field" option, just the "OK" button. Is there a simple fix for this that I'm missing? Hi, i'm sorry for kicking this topic up from so deep, but i figured it wiser to search before i asked. what i want to do is create a unique feeld consisting of 2 fields. so i created 2 fields, and 1 field to be unique. the one field is a text field calculated and unique, except! it isnt! i can hit in as many identical records as i want, it wont error me... it also doesnt update when i edit one of the other fields... can you explain me, how have you created the unique calculated field ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 Take a look at the FileMaker TechInfo Database Article #104191: it discusses a technique for unique validation of a calculation field. It's neat because technically you cannot validate calculation fields! You'll find the TechInfo database on Filemaker Inc's web site. http://www.filemaker.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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