hi, i'm not sure if this is possible or not, but what I'm trying to do is update the display of a specific field whilst a script is running.

basically, i have a script that consolidates a lot of records. on the layout that the script is run from is a merge field that will display "consolidating record 1 of xxx". The contents of the field are updated by the script as it progresses, and there are a liberal number of "commit record" script steps, but the best i get is that that the field clears (as happens at the start of the script) processes (the busy/esc cursor) and then says "complete" (the final step), but nothing in-between... Anyone?

Try the Set Field script step. i.e. Set Field( yourfield; Get (currentDate).

If this doesn't do it, then it may be helpful to see your entire script.

HTH

Lee

Thanks Lee. Not really sure what you mean by that. Here is (roughly) what the script looks like right now:

perform script [message; ""]

loop

exit loop if ...

perform script [message; "processing record " & $i]

go to layout (events)

perform script [consolidate record]

go to layout [original layout]

commit records

end loop

perform script [message; "process complete"]

it's more complex than that, but that's the guts of it.



the message subscript goes something like this:

set field [gMessage; Get(ScriptParameter)]

commit records

The only other point of note is that the events table and the table with the gMessage field are in separate, referenced files

Adding a Refresh Window[] script step in there should update the display. Doing so, however, does tend to slow down the process a bit.

that works great. it does slow things down, but i think if i combine this with a pop-up window it'll be a good trade off between speed and knowing that it's actually doing what it's supposed to