Capturing FM Dialog box

[gaby78]

If a layout has “Save Changes Automatically” unchecked in layout setup, a dialog box pops up when a value is changed in a field.

I am wondering if there is a way to capture the choice made by the user (Don’t Save/Save/Cancel)?

Can Get(LastMessageChoice) be used for this purpose?

[Søren Dyhr]

No it only works with Show Custom.... but since you havn't said anything about context and purpose, perhaps a feature like this:

http://www.filemaker.com/help/FunctionsRef-253.html

...could be utilized instead??

--sd

[gaby78]

Hello Soren:

Here is the context: Currently the user clicks on Save and then clicks on a Next button (thus 2 clicks) that takes him to the next data entry layout where the same thing happens, click to Save and click Next to move forward to a 3rd data entry layout. I was hoping to combine both actions in one click: if the user clicks on Save, FM saves and switches to the next layout.

I took a look at the Get(RecordModificationCount); If you could suggest how I can use it to combine Save and Go to Layout X in one click I will be very grateful.

PS: the layout has Parent and child records in portal just like an Invoice/InvoiceLineItems.

[Søren Dyhr]

Ah! the Idea I had was to set a variable inside the validation and compare it with Get(RecordModificationCount) but it won't happen anyway because the validation kick's in after committing the record.

Perhaps it should be approached differently by being eternally in a paused script?

--sd

[Søren Dyhr]

Alright I gave this a stab, and a way to accomplish the desired behaviour via the Zippscript plugin:

http://homepage.mac.com/jkornhaus/filemaker/plugins.html

But since I refrain from plugin use at large, do I hardly have much experience with this plugin either. The attached themplate does what it's supposed to do when keeping it inside the same record, but as soon as the user create a new record will the script trig twice ...

Probably something simple to solve?:

--sd

InfernalScript.zip