Field not empty

[danpatp]

I am new to this site and asking for help on line, please excuse any errors I might make.

Is there a way to make sure that a field has data in it before leaving that field by tabbing, changing layouts, clicking, quiting, or anything else? In this case I want them to put in a quantity before doing anything else. I have tried the valadition "not empty" and some "If" calculations, nothing I have tried is totally fool proof.

Thank you for any advice.

[bcooney]

You'd need to "lock down" the data entry layout so that any button that takes the user off this layout runs a validation script.

[danpatp]

Thank you for your help. They say that ignorance is bliss, but not in this case. I'm sorry but I don't know what "lock down" means.

Dan

[bcooney]

Sorry for that. "Lock down" means in this case, to design the form view so that a user cannot navigate off of it without running your validation routine. Typically, locking down a layout means that all navigation is scripted (usually attached to buttons), that is, the user cannot use FM's native navigation such as the Book icon in the status area.