I have a layout with a background set by a global container field. The Field Behavior has "Allow field to be entered:..." all unchecked. This field object is locked, using the Arrange:Lock menu.

In Browse mode, when the user clicks on the background a message window is displayed with:

"No records are present. To create a new record choose New Record menu command."

The layout is based on a TO and has a portal and a couple of other fields. The background global container is in a separate globals table.

Why does this happen and how can I turn it off?

TIA

if all the fields and such are global just make a dummy record with no info on it....and scince everything is global with will carry over no problem....and you won't get that pesky pop up

Thanks. I knew about that but was wondering if I was missing some internal option or switch to turn it off.

I followed your suggestion and it worked, of course.

I'm having the same problem. I have a form with three fields ... all three are from a TO which only contains global fields. Two of them cannot be modified so I changed the field behaviour to not permit it to be entered either from browse of find. Now I get the message that "No records are present." I'm not sure I follow the comment about creating a dummy record. What do you mean?

Ignore previous question ... I figured it out and it works for me too.