Record X of Y Script?

[Rich S]

(Moderator: feel free to move this post to the Define Fields forum if you deem it more appropriate.)

Greetings, all, and happy new year.

Here's a puzzler: I read that it's good FM developer practice to not let users have access to the Status Area in run-time solutions...which makes sense. However, by making it inaccessible users can't glance at the record counter to see that they're at Record X of Y...though they can go to a specific record if they want to by visiting the Records menu.

So, that means writing a script? A calculation?

I'm sure this issue has been dealt with before by someone far more wiser than me, so your help would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Rich

[CobaltSky]

An unstored calculation (result type set to "text") with a formula along the lines of:

"Record " & Get(RecordNumber) & " of " & Get(FoundCount)

...will provide you with a field which you can place anywhere on the layout to serve in place of the record number in the Status Area. :D

[Rich S]

Thank you VERY much--I'll give it a try!