Cannot modify field in one file while being modified in another?

[Gerald Clare]

Field x is in File 1 and appears in File 2 via relationship. My user goes to change data in File 2 only to be told:

This record cannot be modified in this window because it is already being modified in a different window.

They have to go to File 1 and click out of Field x to modify in File 2 ('course they may as well modify it there). But FM 6 did not have this problem and my users are much pained by it.

Notions?

[John Mark Osborne]

The difference is FileMaker 6 will automatically exit a field when you change to a different file (window). FileMaker 7, 8 and 8.5 don't exit the field when switching to a different file or window from the same file. I see this as an improvement. It gives you the choice to keep the record locked in an inactive window while visiting another or unlock the inactive window using the Commit Records/Requests script step. Professional solutions really should have scripted navigation rather than manual navigation. If you already have scripted navigation, adding the Commit Records/Requests script will be a simple fix.

[Gerald Clare]

Thanks, John, yes I have scripted navigation. And love your books. Gerald