Here's what I have:

Field Named: sbtDocs

Field has 3 repetitions

Calculation result is a Container

There are 3 blocks on my Layout that show repetitions 1-3.

For the field calcuation I have:

If(

not IsEmpty(orders::sbtSONO);



Case(

Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) = 1; "filewin://srs3/Order Documents/SBT/" & Trim(orders::sbtSONO) & "C.pdf";

Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) = 2; "filewin://srs3/Order Documents/SBT/" & Trim(orders::sbtSONO) & "I.pdf";

Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) = 3; "filewin://srs3/Order Documents/SBT/" & Trim(orders::sbtSONO) & "P.pdf";

)



;

""

)

What I'm trying to do is check to make sure the order has an SBT Number before anything else. If it does I want to populate the 3 blocks with different filepaths to 3 different pdf files. They all share the same path except the letter before the extension.

It will display the first repetition correctly, but the remaining 2 repetitions are left blank. Like it's not calculating them.

What have I done wrong?

If(

not IsEmpty(orders::sbtSONO);



"filewin://srs3/Order Documents/SBT/" & Trim(orders::sbtSONO)

&

Case(

Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) = 1; "C.pdf";

Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) = 2; "I.pdf";

Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber) = 3; "P.pdf";

)



;

""

)

Another flavor, but it still doesn't work. Weird thing is if I put "Get(CalculationRepetitionNumber)" in the else statement it will print out the Rep# in the 2nd and 3rd block? Why can't the 2nd and 3rd rep pass the If statement?

You need to enclose any reference to a non-repeating field (orders::sbtSONO, in your example) within the Extend() function.

That worked! Thanks alot!!

Is there any way for filemaker to check to see if the file exists before linking it?

Not really:

http://www.fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/183503/

Anyway, what would be the point?

That plug-in did the trick. Thanks again!

The point was to keep bogus shortcuts from being created on my forms. Otherwise filemaker would blindly create 3 links to files that might not exist.