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Hello

I am having some problems with a relationship and I just can´t seem to get it to work any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have attached a filemaker file so that you can see what I am talking about.

Basically on the jobs table I have 3 drop down lists: client name- this looks up the name from the client table this in turn fills in the client address, contact name – this looks up the contacts from the contacts table specific to that job and in turn fills in the telephone number, delivery address – this looks up the delivery address from the addresses table.

The problem I have is with the delivery address, when you select the client I want the delivery address to automatically fill in, the same as the company address does. I think the problem is, that as there can be more than one delivery address (filled in via a portal on the clients table) Ideally I would want the first delivery address showing on the jobs table when you select client, then you can use the drop down list to change it if you want to.

I hope this makes sense again any help would be fantastic, I am pulling my hair out.

Thanks

James

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Hi

Thanks for the reply, I am not sure what you mean, the delivery address is actually 2 fields on top of each other, the one underneath is set to address on address 2 the one on top just displays the lookup.

Another problem I am having is the way the address is shown in the drop down it has boxes representing the different lines. Is there a better way to display this?

Thanks again for taking time out to help.

James

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Hi James

the delivery address is actually 2 fields on top of each other, the one underneath is set to address on address 2 the one on top just displays the lookup.

I'm afraid I'm not sure what you mean either! On your Jobs layout you are displaying a related field from the Addresses table, whereas on the 'Jobs Copy' layout I created it uses a lookup to bring that info over to a field in the Jobs table. By using the drop down you can select the address you want to use.

Another problem I am having is the way the address is shown in the drop down it has boxes representing the different lines. Is there a better way to display this?

You could display the address choices in a portal, which would allow you to format them a little nicer?

Thanks again for taking time out to help.

No problem

Matt

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Hi thanks for the reply Matt.

Using lookups seem to be the answer, I am new to all this and I havn´t really used them before so I am going to play around with them.

What I was trying to say before is on my version the address field was on top of the foreign key field, one is a dropdown and another just displays the related address.

I will certainly look at using a portal, sometimes I get stuck for ages with one idea and its great being able to get advice from people here.

Thanks again

James

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Hi James

Lookups are great when you want related information that should 'stick' even if the parent record changes, for instance you will want to ensure the VAT rate on a completed invoice stays the same regardless of what happens to the VAT rate as a whole.

If you have any more questions, this forum is a great place to ask them.

Regards

Matt

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