My problem is two-fold-I have a parent and child database establish. In the child dbf--there is a narrative text field called contactrecord-it expands with the users input (which can be long).

In the parent database, I created a portal to pull in all the related records so the user can view all their contacts in one place.

How do I make the "contactrecord" input field expand and shrink as needed in the child database?

I also include the fields of date and time in the portal.

How do I make the portal field expand and shrink based on the childbase field? I also include the fields of date and time in the portal.

I am a beginner in programing the scripts--

portal.PDF

Portal rows are fixed in size in Browse mode.

You can create a report based on the child table, and use Sliding to decrease the row height, based on content.

You could also place an 'expanded view' next to the portal - see an example here:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showpost.php?post/333539/

Thank you for your replies-I am bummed the portals can not be scripted for resizing depending upon the field being pulled in. (But to be honest, I haven't even conquered the whole sliding field thing yet).

In the database definitions, I did this (kind of proud of myself;)

Case ( ContactType = "Phone call made to"; 1;

ContactType = "Phone call rec'd from" ; 2;

ContactType = "Emails sent to" ;3;

ContactType = "Emails rec'd from"; 4; 0)

And then I created

If (CaseContactNote ≠ 0 ;VisitNote ;"" )

I already have a button scripted to go into the parent dbf-related record where the portal resides for viewing the records. But how do I script the button to only display the 1-4 notes in the portal and attach to the “go to” button?