from browse to preview

[Yeti]

If I work on a record in the browse mode and then I switch to preview mode, it shows me the first record instead of the one I was working on.

How can I change this?

For the record: I use the tools in the toolbar to accomplish this.

Is it advisable to get rid of this toolbar and let my users use buttons made by me? To control things even more?

I'm not much of a dictator-type.....:-)

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Yeti

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by Yeti:

If I work on a record in the browse mode and then I switch to preview mode, it shows me the first record instead of the one I was working on.

How can I change this?

For the record: I use the tools in the toolbar to accomplish this.

Is it advisable to get rid of this toolbar and let my users use buttons made by me? To control things even more?

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The preview mode is looking at what will be printed, not what you were browsing. It will always take you to the first page. You would need to do some serious scripting to get to a specific page.

Unless...If the kind of thing that you are preforming is specific to one record (like you are printing the record details or something) then you could do a Find All, an Omit, then Show Omitted. This will cause the found set to be the current record. Then previewing will only the current record.

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Kurt Knippel

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Database Resources

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http://www.database-resources.com

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[Yeti]

Captain!

It is indeed the last option I'm looking for.

I searched in my FM Bible, other FM Files and I understand what these three functions mean and do.

But applying this into a working script is a whole different cookie.....

I wonder if you, or anybody else could help me out on this.

To recapulate: we just started using the Projectsfile I made, so there's not a lot of files in it. But due time this will grow...

I'd like to make a button that enables the user to go to the preview mode from the record they're working in, in order to print this record. So it's for one specific record.

TIA

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Yeti

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by Yeti:

Captain!

It is indeed the last option I'm looking for.

I searched in my FM Bible, other FM Files and I understand what these three functions mean and do.

But applying this into a working script is a whole different cookie.....

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Goto Layout [Printable Layout]

Find All

Omit Record

Show Omitted

Enter Preview Mode

Print[]

Goto Layout [browsing Layout]

Enter Browse Mode

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Kurt Knippel

Consultant

Database Resources

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.database-resources.com

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[Yeti]

Thanks!

This works beautifully!

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Yeti