Showing/Hiding Repititions

[netcode]

Hey all,

I am working on a field that I want to hold the active years of a contract (ex. 2008, 2009, 2010,.. etc). I created a repeating field and I am looking to show or hide the repetitions based on weather the previous repetition is full.

Is this possible? I have read about using a portal technique to show and hide fields but I having a tough time understanding that method and how I could apply it to this situation.

Is there some sort of simple function to modify object properties?

Thanks

[mr_vodka]

What is the purpose of this? Using a repeating field may not the most correct way to handle this.

[netcode]

The general purpose of this field is to store the active years of the contract (ex. 2008, 2009, 2010)

[bruceR]

You are experiencing a problem directly caused by using repeats. Get rid of the repeating fields; use a portal and related table.

[netcode]

It looks like that really may be the best solution, despite if I want that to be the solution or not :)

[aholtzapfel]

Depending on your needs, you might try somthing like this.

(Calculation based on contract dates, Start and End, see attached file. I only made this work for contracts up to 6 years long.)

Finds should let you enter one year and find all jobs active for that year. Relationships will also work using this as a key field.

ContractYears.zip

Edited February 4, 2009 by Guest