Is there a way to extract the Field Label / Field Name other than having it as the active field?

If it isn't the active field name that you want which one is it?

Phil

Thanks for asking,

maybe by pixel location or by any other way than get active field.

Just looking for anyway.

I realise now that I didn't phrase my question very well cos I am still puzzled by what you are actually trying to achieve.

If it is the active field name that you want, what is the reason for not using get active field name. If it isn't the active field that you want what criteria are you using for which field you do want the name of?

phil

Is there a way to extract the Field Label / Field Name other than having it as the active field?

ToolTip ?

tooltips would be a use of this data to make certain items / function dynamic and less cumbersome, but extracting the field label data is very important.

Edited January 25, 200718 yr by Guest

You can extract field label and field data by using tooltips !!

what am i missing them to extract the fields label?

what command is used to extract the field label via a tooltip?

Thanks for the help.

I am very sorry for my brain melt. I got it. Thank you everyone for the help.

no, i guess, my issue resides in have a generic tooltip calc for all field labels per table where the calc encompasses all fields in the table.

Maybe this will help with my issue.

What could help is knowing (a) what do you mean by "field label" and ( what do you want to do, and - more importantly - why.

field label is the field title or the name of the field that fmp displays next to the field.

I want to make the tooltips calc universal by layout so I do not have to set each one independently. for instance when you use a tooltip inside a portal for a menu a tooltip can be created generically so what ever value is displayed the proper position the proper tooltip is displayed.

the reason: simplicity of a case statement to work as a tooltip

Thank You

OK, that makes sense. I don't know of a method that could do exactly what you describe, but if you browse the Tool Tips section, you may find some useful ideas there. This thread, for example, seems very similar.

In your example of a portal menu, you could store the tip text of each menu item in a field (in the related table). Then you would set the Tooltip to show MenuItems::TooltipText.

You may also wish to consider a demo such as NightWing's Tooltip Contact Management :wink2:

...for instance when you use a tooltip inside a portal ...

This is the simplest way to show the labels with tooltips.

It uses the property of a repeating field to show in a tooltip ( with this calc: Get ( CalculationRepetitionNumber ) ) the number of the rep WITHOUT selecting the rep, in other words w/o the field beeing active ???

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