replicating the status area in FM7

[Rainy Pass]

Can a field be made to display functions such as Get (RecordCount) across tables? I would like to replicate the status area without building fields for each table. Am I dreaming here?

[Rainy Pass]

Can a field be made to display functions such as Get (RecordCount) across tables? I would like to replicate the status area without building fields for each table. Am I dreaming here?

[Rainy Pass]

Can a field be made to display functions such as Get (RecordCount) across tables? I would like to replicate the status area without building fields for each table. Am I dreaming here?

[Brian C]

Use an unstored calculation field containing the Get(RecordCount) function. Then just drop this onto your layout.

[Brian C]

Use an unstored calculation field containing the Get(RecordCount) function. Then just drop this onto your layout.

[Brian C]

Use an unstored calculation field containing the Get(RecordCount) function. Then just drop this onto your layout.

[Rainy Pass]

This method requires a separate calc field reside in each table. Is there a way to make one calc show the correct data when placed on different Tables and table occurrances?

[Rainy Pass]

This method requires a separate calc field reside in each table. Is there a way to make one calc show the correct data when placed on different Tables and table occurrances?

[Rainy Pass]

This method requires a separate calc field reside in each table. Is there a way to make one calc show the correct data when placed on different Tables and table occurrances?

[wmugrad28]

It doesn't appear that globals work well with Get functions. They won't update when a user changes records, etc. unless they are changed by a script, which could happen very frequently as users move around.

One thing I would like to know is how Get (RecordNumber) and Get (FoundCount) perform by themselves in an unstored calculation field in a multi-user environment. What is the best way to replicate these parts of the Status Area in FM if the unstored calcs don't work like I want them to (as I mentioned above)?

Greg

[wmugrad28]

Is there any help out there?

Greg

[comment]

An unstored (not global) calculation of Get (FoundCount) will return different results for each user/window.

[wmugrad28]

Thank you very much!

Greg