Hi,

My database contains details of several hundred scientific instruments. Each instrument type has a folder that contains subfolders such as manuals, correspondence, repair info etc. I have created tabbed folders and portals to display this information but adding the information is very tedious and requires two operations. First to place any new documents in the correct folder and then to import the file into the relevant portal.

What I would like to do now is to scrap the portal idea and just have fixed text strings that show the path to the documents. By clicking on a text string (button) I want to open a new window with the correct folder opened and the documents listed.

I have looked at the scripting options but cannot see any sensible way of doing this.

Can anyone help ?.

Cheers

I'm not 100% sure this will work on windows 2000, but try using Send Event[ Quote(yourWindowsFilePath) ]

My post referred to portals when I should have said containers !.

Apologies.

Do you mean open a new window with all the files listed in a Microsoft Windows environment or are you referring to some sort of artificial thing you've set up in FileMaker?

Yep, essentially I want to open a windows folder based on the filepath in a fixed text string. This then allows the user to pick which file to open and probably makes life simpler all round.

Cheers

Sorted.

I created a field for each subfolder (10 off), added buttons for each field with a script to send event based on the contents of the text field.

Thanks for the send event hint !.

Cheers