Is this possible? I have a database of books and articles. I want to take multiple, separate notes for each, so I have created and set up a related DB (Notes SB). I can add notes in the main DB, and I can open a note from the main DB and show the full related record in the Notes DB. The portal in the Main DB layout shows only the first line of each Note, in a list form.

But i would like to do the following: while in the main DB with the portal showing, use a script (command-1) to pop up the NOTES DB window, with a new record created.

I know I can do this manually (go to last portal record, type something, choose open related record) but that gets rather tedious for a lot of notes.

Thanks for any help anyone can offer!

You can keep a global text field above the portal in Main DB to enter new notes and a button next to it with a caption "Add Notes". After the user enters the notes and clicks on the button, you can write a script to create a new record internally in notes file with the notes copied from the global field and then empty the global field. The notes entered would automatically appear in the portal.