Lock window

[Anuviel]

I have a regular layout and button that opens a pop-up window which opens a quick data enter layout. I would like to lock that new window so that the user cannot go back to the original layout without closing the pop-up first.

Any thoughts, tips and how-to's appreciated.

Thank you.,

[Fenton]

Something like this. Be careful. Back up your files before trying this. Because you can get stuck in the loop and have to quit FileMaker. The "Close Window" button must have either Exit or Halt as its action for current script (read the dialog). Any other script which does something then leaves the layout must also have that option set. Or else it won't leave.

Any visible scripts in the Scripts menu need to test for either that script specifically, or check the AllowUserAbort state (which makes sense to me, since you wouldn't really want to start another script when a script is already running with AllowUserAbort [ Off ]).

Maybe others have more improvements. Also, maximized windows on Windows will get messed with, because opening a new window is going to restore all windows. Yes, you could do things to use both, resetting, but it's way more trouble, IMHO (as a mostly Mac person).

NewWindoid.fp7.zip

[Vaughan]

Some 6-think is still useful: forget trying to make a modal window*. Just change layout and pause the script, then return to the original layout.

* Expose in Mac OS X is great for breaking sloppy mulitple window interface design.