Newbies konni Posted March 2, 2005 Newbies Share Posted March 2, 2005 My apologies for not taking time to search through previous posts for answers - time is a little precious and I need a solution. I have a field that is YES/NO. If the selectin is YES I would like to force the user to enter data in a text field. I'm using FMP 6 - which I do so rarely so I'm a bit of a novice. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRetta Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Hi konni, Add this validation to your yes/no field, in this example Select. Unclick 'Validate only if field has been modified." Select <> "Yes" or not IsEmpty(TextField) Click 'Strict' and specify a message "If YES, you must enter something in Text." This can be written other ways also; I have a suspicion XOR might be used here, right JT? LaRetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies konni Posted March 2, 2005 Author Newbies Share Posted March 2, 2005 OK - I'm misreading your instruction, sorry. I get an error alert box. SO... I have a pop up field called AVAILABLE with 2 options = YES/NO I have a text field called DETAIL In options for field (define) I check Validated by calc - Specify then... type in the following? Select <> "Yes" or not IsEmpty(DETAIL) and so you can probably see I'm doing something dumb - yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRetta Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Not to worry, Konni, I should have said YesNoField instead of Select so it was very clear ... AVAILABLE <> "Yes" or not IsEmpty(DETAIL) ... validation applied to your Available field. When working in calc boxes, it's always safest to double-click your field to insert them into the line just to be sure they are right. Do I follow my own advice? Nope, I type them. And welcome to FM Forums, by the way!! LaRetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies konni Posted March 2, 2005 Author Newbies Share Posted March 2, 2005 Thanks LaRetta, I was thinking of 'select' as a function - wasn't in the list, should have twigged. Syntax is also not one of my strong points either. My forte is digital graphhttp://www.fmforums.com/threads/images/icons/grin.gifics. Appropriate avatar you've got - you were already chuckling at my foible. javascript:void(0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies konni Posted March 2, 2005 Author Newbies Share Posted March 2, 2005 oh dear - quit while I'm ahead I think the link is irrelevant - I was just trying to add a grin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRetta Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Hi Konni, I am the Queen of Foible ... most of my 1,000+ posts have been questions! And hey ... that's my SERIOUS face; you should see it when I'm really happy!! Let us know if you get stuck again. LaRetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 Gotta love the title of this thread - a quote from the Star Wars manual? All that's missing is Ender's avatar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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