Clicking Outside of a Field

[MelJ]

When you click outside of a field or button, Filemaker gives you a Custom Dialog giving you the option to save,etc.

Is there a way to disable this?

I have "Save" and "Cancel" Buttons in my scripts and this circumvents them.

Thanks,

Mel

[Raybaudi]

Yes

When in layout mode, go to

Layouts --> Layout setup... -->

and put a flag into the box "save record changes automatically"

[MelJ]

I'm afraid that would compound my problem.

At save I run a script to validate all the users entries. I'm trying to get it to where the ONLY way they can save the record is to push my save button.

If Filmaker saved automatically, it would be the same as clicking outside the field and saving. Both methods bypass my script.

Your help is MUCH appreciated!

Thanks,

Mel

[Raybaudi]

Then substitute those fields with global ones only for input data, make your validation and ( if pass) save the record with a loop that substitute the contents of those fields with the real ones.

[Charles Delfs]

This is way easier

Put a big box that is a button behind all the stuff in your layout, then have the button do a bogus script, then when they click outside the fields, the buttons 'Nada' script is called, and you can do what ever.

Charles

[Raybaudi]

Put a big box that is a button behind all the stuff in your layout...

This way the user will see a flashing black background ...

[MelJ]

CHARLES!!!

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE!!

If I had one less extremity, I'D KISS YOU!!

I've litterally spent 10 hours today trying to work around this problem. If I were'nt a novice I may have come up with something sooner but probably not the button thing.

That's just too easy!! (I hope you can layer buttons on top of buttons)

Would you guys give me your honest opinion? Is it really worth myself investing thousands of more hours learning Filemaker? It seems as though at every turn I'm having to find a "work around" because Filemaker won't do something I need it to do.

You Kids Are the &^$% (four letter word)

Thanks,

Mel

[Charles Delfs]

yeah filemaker is worht the time, unless you are more a techy, then there are other programs where the UI stuff is easier but, on a whole filemaker is pretty cool, and fast.... real fast to develope with.

C.