Portal and Webpublishing

[dangkevin]

Hi all,

I have never run into this problem with web publishing and portal. The main problem I am running into is that assuming I have 2 table, 1 is the parent and 1 is the child table.

You have a layout base on the Parent table with a portal to the Child table. In the filemaker client, you can create a new record in the Parent table, then create as many record in the Child table as you like.

However, the problem I ran into is when I publish that database on the web. When you create a record in the Parent table and save (do not create a child record in the portal yet). Then try to click directly inside the portal to create a child record, it simply does not work. The only way for it to work is to click on "Edit Current Record" on the side bar, then it will let you create a child portal record.

Does anybody know why this is the case and any workaround to let the user click on the portal directly without clicking on the "Edit Current Record" in the side bar?

Thanks, Kevin Dang.

[IdealData]

IWP behaviour is different to FM Client.

In this instance you could script an invisible button on the portal row, which should "Open Record/Request". With a little bit more scripting you should be able to get the cursor into the appropriate field.

[dangkevin]

Thanks for the reply, but it does not seems to work. If you put a button inside the portal you get the same problem. If you put a button over the portal extent over the portal it will cover up the first row of the portal then that would not be good.

I found naming the portal in the object info and use a "Go to object" work, but with the button outside the portal. That might the best solution that I can use.

Thanks, Kevin Dang.