Can't Select/Perform in Portal Row

[fredo22]

Hi Everyone, First post here. (FM 5.5) I have a portal on a layout for 'Tasks'. I have a script to create a new task, which performs an external script in the Task file "Create Task" and the script is supposed to end up in the portal, with the new record having a task name of "Untitled Task". My intention is to have the new task selected so that the user will know that they have to add a name for the new task. My script is not highlighting the new task. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

My strategy so far has been to set a global in the main file and then use "set field" and "select/perform"

Perform Script[subscripts, External: Tasks.fp5

Set Field ["sg_Selected.Task.ID","{Tasks}Constant1::sg_Task.ID.Temp"]

Go to Field[select/perform,"{Tasks}Selected.Task::Task.Name"]

[Vaughan]

You need to add steps at the end of the process to return to the portal row. One of the ricks is knowing which portal row to return to... If the new related record is in the last row then it's easy. If the new related record isn't necessarily going to be in the last row then you'll need to do something like:

put the new record's id in a global

return to the master record

go to the first portal row

loop

exit loop if this record has the id in the global field

go to next portal row

end loop

One of the "tricks" to reliably select a portal, especially if the layout has more than one, is to use the Go to Field step and specify a related field that is only on the desired portal.

[fredo22]

Thanks for the tip..worked like a charm!