Menu Tooltips

[KaosMaker]

Ok, this is a tough one (at least, for me).

I currently have a "menu bar" which is actually a portal with a record for each task/layout I want to access. The rows are buttoned such that clicking on the row in question will activate a multiscript with the parameter defined by the related record. That part works fine.

Now, I would like to add tool tips to the menu, and this is where things get sticky. As far as I know, there is no equivalent of "MouseOver" in Filemaker, and of course I can't just put Menu::ToolTip in the tooltip calc because I haven't actually SELECTED the record in question yet. Is there anything I can do to get this to work? Thanks muchly!

K

[Ender]

You haven't said what you want to have your Tool Tip show.

If you have the Tool Tip defined on an object in the portal row, it can use related values to determine what to show in the Tool Tip. You don't need to have a portal row selected for the Tool Tip to show up.

[KaosMaker]

Oops...Explaining what I want the Tooltips to show might help :

I have a portal showing records from a table with two fields: A and B.

A is showing in the portal, and I'd like B to appear in the tooltip. I've tried just putting RelatedTable: in the tooltip (which in turn is attached to the RelatedTable::A field in the portal), but unless I select a portal row, it comes up blank.

[KaosMaker]

....aaaaand I'm an Idiot. It would've worked from the start, if only I'd entered the correct TOC in the tooltip...

Hey Ender, recruiting any space cadets such as yours truly any time soon?

Thanks anyways!