Drag markers onto the GUI

[Charlie Kilo]

Hi FM experts!

I'm putting together a small project tracking system. I'd like the user to be able to mark any field with a little "red flag" icon, to indicate an area of risk or uncertainty.

Is this possible in FM?

Thanks,

Frosty.

[Raybaudi]

Yes, it's possible but:

1) Really any field ?

2) Why did you use the word "drag" ?

3) Can the user mark and un-mark those fields or the mark must be setted at layout level ?

[Charlie Kilo]

Hey Daniele,

1). Any field visible on the layout.

2). The way I imagined doing it was dragging an icon and dropping it on the field you want to mark. I'm not sure if that's possible or even if it's the best way to do it.

3). The user must be able to do it.

Thanks for thinking about this for me.

Best!

Frosty.

[Vaughan]

What are you proposing to do with the "risk" information?

Just make it display on-screen, or do you want to be able to report (print, summarise etc) all those items that are marked as "risk"?

[Charlie Kilo]

Hi Vaughan. Just being able to mark it will be fine.

Edited October 20, 2008 by Guest

[Raybaudi]

Click to show/hide the flag.

You can even DRAG the flag !

frosty.zip

[Genx]

That's quite nifty. Didn't know that dragging something into a field could bypass the attached script.

[Raybaudi]

That's quite nifty. Didn't know that dragging something into a field could bypass the attached script.

I discovered that feature sometimes ago and yes, it is quite nifty !

[grumbachr]

The dragging isn't working for me. Clicking works.

Might be a Win vs. Mac issue.

Mac OS 10.5.5 - FileMaker 9.0v3 Advanced

[The Gardener]

Hello,

Worked for me on a Mac. Click and hold the mouse down on the flag and then drag and drop.

[Charlie Kilo]

Wow, thanks Daniele. It was very kind of you to help me.

[Oldsneekers]

I'm just passing through and looked at the file. I see that gRedFlag is a global calc field but not referenced to anything. Soooo, how do you enter anything into a calc field that does not reference anything?

Thanks

OS

[Raybaudi]

Hi

that is a trick to not allow the user to delete or change the flag.

Initially that field was a normal global one but, after I inserted the flag, I changed it to a calc field.

[Oldsneekers]

Cool, Thanks