Display container from Portal

[IplayWoW]

Is there a way I can display a container that is within a portal row(a preview if you will)?

I'd like to be able to display the file in a preview window in the same layout as the portal itself without having to run a Go To Layout script to see the file. Along with a nomenclature, this would aid in distinguishing which file is the correct container the user needs/wants to export.

[mweiss]

What exactly do you mean by "display"? This may depend in part on what's in the container (graphic, file, etc.) If it's a file, do you just want to see the file icon in a larger view? Or are you looking for some kind of Quicklook-style preview?

Since I'm not sure exactly what you want, this is just a guess: But you could put a largeish container field in the *parent* record (name it Parent::ContainerPreview), and put a button in the portal row that sets the value of Parent::ContainerPreview to be Child::Container. That gives you a way to browse the portal row container fields without navigating to another layout.

Here's a dead-simple demo file.

Portal_Browsing.fp7.zip

Edited February 15, 2010 by Guest
Added demo file.