Difference in Find Mode script step in FM 8 versus FM 5?

[Gord]

I was wondering if you could give me a hint on the following.

I'm trying to write a small script that takes a value stored in a global in one file (ie. current invoice number) and then enters Find mode and sets the InvoiceNum field to that global. Then the script would Perform the find to find records matching that invoice number.

I do it in Filemaker 5 just fine. I enter find mode, set the invNum field to the global and then execute the 'Perform Find' with no dialog.It returns matching records.

But in FileMaker 8, when I Enter Find mode by a script, it just puts the database into Find mode, executes the subsequent steps and waits in Find mode. It never does the find before executing the steps that would follow the 'Perform Find' command in FileMaker 5.

Any thoughts on how I could get this to work in FM 8?

Thank you.

Gord

Toronto

[bcooney]

Hi. I'm thinking you need:

Enter Find Mode (no pause)

Set Field ( InvoiceID, gInvoiceID)

Perform Find

Go to layout (invoice form)

Or..check out using a relationship from one table to another by Invoice ID and the go to related records GTRR script step.