Invisible Layout Objects problem

[sledg]

Hi all,

I'm using the "Invisible Layout Objects" technique to hide some of my objects. It basaically use a portal and hides the objects based on a relationship.

My issue is that this technique is not working in Find mode. It displays all the objects that are suppose to be hidden.

I'm wondering if someone has found a a fix or work-around for this issue I'm having.

I believe I have a work-around but it would probably take much work

Thanks!

[Inky Phil]

Hi Sledg,

You are not wrong there!. I have just started using the same 'invisible' method and hadn't yet realised the problem but I just checked and yes! they do show up in find mode.

How about scripting to go to a copy of the layout in question (but with the said portals removed) before entering find mode?.

Shouldn't be too much extra work

Phil

[sledg]

Hi Phil,

I wish it could be that easy (if I understand what you are saying correctly). The problem is the layout is dynamically built based on relationships. The relationship works like this; if a field is empty on a different layout then don't show a group of objects. Think of it more as a preference setting. So it's constantly changing based on some settings.

Thanks!

Edited October 7, 2005 by Guest

[sledg]

Hi again,

Well, I had to work around the problem to get it working the way I wanted it to.

I basically recreated the find mode by using browse mode. That way I can still use the "Invisible Layout Objects" technique. To make a long story short; I duplicated the table that I was going to perform the find on. The user would enter the find data in the duplicated table. A script would then store all the data in a field. I would then go to the original layout and use the data to perform the find. It actually worked out well because I used the data I collected to store the user's search criteria.

That's the short story. I actually did more because I recreated the omit and multiple search functionality on the status bar (since I hide it).

[Inky Phil]

Thanks for following up sledg

Phil