OnRecordLoad trigger continually refreshing

[Richard A]

I'm updating a contacts database to have portals for each contact to display his or her local weather and time.

Currently, I have an update button on each record that updates correctly.

I would like to use the OnRecordLoad trigger so when I move forward, backward or a find, the record will update the weather and time.

The problem is that when I set up the OnRecordLoad trigger to launch the update script, when it is completed, the screen refreshes which triggers again. I end up having a hourglass sit and blink until I hit escape and get out of the layout.

Is there a better way to update this? Am I using the trigger incorrectly?

Please offer any suggestions; I would like to make this automated.

Thank you,

[Peter (duksis3)]

I'm not sure but try not OnLoadRecord but OnLoadLayout.

[Richard A]

I get the same results. I would have thought that this would only work once since the layout only loads once but it also continued to loop.

I would suspect at this point that the script could be the problem but I'm uncertain how to copy the script into this forum for discussion. Any ideas there?

[Tanner]

Maybe try an exit script step at the end of your script with a script result of "0". I have no idea if that will help but just a thought.

[Richard A]

I had already tried that and it did not make a difference.

I ended up making my own toolbar with Previous, next, new, delete, sort and find buttons.

With each of these I can write a script which solved the problem.

I don't like this answer but I couldn't figure out how to make the filemaker toolbar and the script play well together.

Thank you for any and all information. I'll close this post.