Greying out Boxs

[Delights]

Greetings,

I was wondering if there was some way that you could disable a text box (for example) if another field has a certin value in it.

i imagion i can get the if statement and alike working, however i can't seem to find anything that is simular to making a box deactive.

[mr_vodka]

You can make the second field be a button with a script attached. If the first field does not have a value in it then the script could get to it with Go to Field [].

You could also use field level access as well as the visibility trick. You can do an advanced search for them.

[Delights]

You can make the second field be a button with a script attached. If the first field does not have a value in it then the script could get to it with Go to Field [].

You could also use field level access as well as the visibility trick. You can do an advanced search for them.

There must be someway of deactiving a text box in Filemaker, surely someone else must have had the simular experience before.

[mr_vodka]

There is not a direct native way to deactivate entry into a field conditionally. You will have to use one of the workarounds.

[El_Pablo]

That's the joy of filemaker! Awkward layouts...

[Josh Ormond]

The visibility trick works nicely. Yes it would be cool to have an option to display a field based on a calculation, but that works fine.

Plus if you get creative you can use relationships (and portals) to create some pretty neat "functionality". Example: Dynamically changing buttons, conditionally displayed data/fields, etc.

[El_Pablo]

What visibility trick in FM? Didn't know that it was possible to change the visibility dynamically. If so how?

[Josh Ormond]

http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/198234/post/303977/hl/visibility/fromsearch/1/#303977

As good as the trick is...its power lays in the principle it uses. Takes some creative thinking, but you can work some "magic".

Edited October 7, 2008 by Guest

[El_Pablo]

Ok, I guess you need FM 9...

[Josh Ormond]

No, you only need 7 or higher. The demo file is from the Database Pros site.

[comment]

No, you only need version 3 or higher.

[El_Pablo]

It would be sooo nice if there were only a property named "visible" with a true or false value à la VB...

Imagine how it would keep the DB schema easier to read.

[Josh Ormond]

Thanks for the correction Michael.

I couldn't say it for sure...I haven't been around FM that long. So I was being safe...because I knew he was using 8.5. :Whistle: