I have a layout called book. On this layout I have characteristics of the book. The bottom half of the layout is about pages of the book. In the pages area (body, viewing as list) I want all the pages to come up but I only get one. I have a book number that links the two.

I also have a layout that views as form. It has a portal showing the pages. This works perfectly fine. Both portal layout and view as list layout are setup the same but I only get one record with View as list.

Please Help. Thanks in advance.

What happens when you take the form view that is working and then view it as a list. (go under view menu)

View as list shows records from the table occurrence on which the layout is based. In your case, you probably are looking at a list of Books. Since Pages are children of Books, the only way to see multiple page records when on a layout based on Books is by using a portal (as you do in your Book Form).

You might consider a Page List view that includes the Book related fields.

I have 24 records. Each one shows up in the list. Within each record I have a portal that still shows all the pages even in the View as list.

Thats it. My list layout was based on book. I changed it to be based on pages and all is well. I still have to wrap my head around why this is.

Thanks!

Edited October 28, 200817 yr by Guest

This means that the layout where you are having the issue is reflecting a different table occurence from the one that works, or the portal on it is not reflecting the same one as the one working.

It is very important to grasp the concept of context in FM. In this case, the layout is based on a Book table occurrence. Therefore, you will see a list of book records. You may still want a list of Books, as well as a list of Pages.