Showing contents of a Portal in Find Mode

[csharpmin]

Whenever I enter find mode, the content of portals disappear, or there is a box from which you could perform a find.

I'd like a portal to show record content while in find mode so I can script it and perform scripted finds by clicking the portal content.

Is this possible?

I know I could do this by creating a value list and creating a checkbox set instead, but unfortunately I need to be able to control the sorting better than the value list allows.

[bruceR]

"Is this possible?"

No. And the request doesn't really make sense, because in Find Mode you are not on a data record and therefore there is nothing on either side of the relationship.

It would be better to describe what you're actually trying to accomplish.

[csharpmin]

The data of the portal is the same for all records, so I was hoping there was a work-around. It's essentially a dynamic value list.

My database involves tagging contacts. For instance a contact could be tagged "Don't Mail".

I have a portal that lists all tags of a certain type. The join is a constant, "Mail Tags". If the user creates a new mail tag, it will show up in that portal on all records.

In browse mode, a script adds the tag you click to the current contact's record.

In find mode, I wanted the user to be able to click "Don't Mail" and it find all contacts with the "Don't Mail" tag. I don't want them to have to type in the tag. It would be acceptable to have the user select "Don't Mail" from a drop-down list in the portal, but that doesn't seem possible either when in find mode.

[bruceR]

"It would be acceptable to have the user select "Don't Mail" from a drop-down list in the portal, but that doesn't seem possible either when in find mode."

Why do you say that? Works here (see attached)

PortalFind.fp7.zip

Edited April 19, 2010 by Guest

[csharpmin]

Thanks. I hope you're right about portals showing a drop down list in find mode. You may have included the wrong file though, because there are no drop-down lists in find or browse mode.

It does however demonstrate using a search within a portal, something that I have a separate post about.

Still curious though.

[bruceR]

Still curious about WHAT? If you want a drop down then PUT ONE IN YOURSELF!

[David Jondreau]

I have a portal that lists all tags of a certain type. The join is a constant, "Mail Tags". If the user creates a new mail tag, it will show up in that portal on all records.

There are some caveats in using a filtered value list.

I think a filtered value list that uses the current table and a non-global field in the relationship won't resolve correctly in find mode.

[csharpmin]

Thanks DJ. My tests confirm that. I'll find a workaround.

Thanks all.