comment Posted March 14, 2005 Posted March 14, 2005 Perhaps you could change the calculated value list into a text field with auto-enter calculation (replace). This might work for you or not, depending on what you're trying to achieve. After all, you are trying to break the rules here. There is a reason why FMP won't let you create the fourth VL. You might be able to fool it, but it also might backfire.
PKF Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 I want to populate rows in a repeating field using a loop in a script (Rows: first entry = number, second entry = descriptive name, subsequent entries are indexed names). This repeating field would be passed as a parameter to a subscript in another table. Here the contents of the repeating field would be shown in a 2-D format. Filemaker 7 is supposed to support the repeating field structure. Unfortunately, I can't find script commands or functions that allow for a sequential entering or extracting of information from a repeating field (e.g. using a loop statement). Does FM7 not support the repeating field data structure? Yep, lots of ways to skin a cat. Oops, sorry Fluffy. A lot of my workarounds were rendered obsolete with the Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) function in FM7. I haven't gotten around to using it for anything yet, so I still tend to think in terms of FM6 limitations.
PKF Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 I want to populate rows in a repeating field using a loop in a script (Rows: first entry = number, second entry = descriptive name, subsequent entries are indexed names). This repeating field would be passed as a parameter to a subscript in another table. Here the contents of the repeating field would be shown in a 2-D format. Filemaker 7 is supposed to support the repeating field structure. Unfortunately, I can't find script commands or functions that allow for a sequential entering or extracting of information from a repeating field (e.g. using a loop statement). Does FM7 not support the repeating field data structure? Yep, lots of ways to skin a cat. Oops, sorry Fluffy. A lot of my workarounds were rendered obsolete with the Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) function in FM7. I haven't gotten around to using it for anything yet, so I still tend to think in terms of FM6 limitations.
PKF Posted March 16, 2005 Posted March 16, 2005 I want to populate rows in a repeating field using a loop in a script (Rows: first entry = number, second entry = descriptive name, subsequent entries are indexed names). This repeating field would be passed as a parameter to a subscript in another table. Here the contents of the repeating field would be shown in a 2-D format. Filemaker 7 is supposed to support the repeating field structure. Unfortunately, I can't find script commands or functions that allow for a sequential entering or extracting of information from a repeating field (e.g. using a loop statement). Does FM7 not support the repeating field data structure? Yep, lots of ways to skin a cat. Oops, sorry Fluffy. A lot of my workarounds were rendered obsolete with the Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) function in FM7. I haven't gotten around to using it for anything yet, so I still tend to think in terms of FM6 limitations.
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