Revisit: Adding records to a portal

[mr_vodka]

Requires: Version 11 or higher

New way to add records to a portal without scrolling portal to end.

Now with portal filtering, no extra utility fields are needed as in the past.

Past techniques referenced:

Comment's SansScript

Helpful Harry Technique Updated

Portal_AddTo_11.zip

Edited May 31, 2010 by Guest
fixed bug

[HarryGlos]

Hey John,

Nice file and well done as always... Hey, when did you move to NC? I moved to Wyoming in March but wasn't aware you were moving as well. What's Florida going to do without you there for the tax base?

Harry

[mr_vodka]

Wyoming? What are you going to man a ranch? FL will just get more retirees to fill the gap. :)

[parallax]

The technique doesn't appear to work well or consistently. I added a record but the data entry portal retained the record I created and subsequent typing merely replaced the text - not adding a new one.

[imoree]

In Essence, all this really is is a filtered portal & that is it.

Filteres the child_create table .

[Vaughan]

The technique doesn't appear to work well or consistently. I added a record but the data entry portal retained the record I created and subsequent typing merely replaced the text - not adding a new one.

Hi Parallax: the solution *requires* FMP 11, your profile indicates FMP 10.

[Fitch]

Great idea, John. First thing I thought of was the Magic Key technique. Yours is cool in that no extra key field is required. But it does seem to require a commit. One cool aspect of the Magic Key (depending how you implement it) is that it can create (or even delete!) multiple records without committing, if you want to go transactional.

@parallax maybe you hit Return instead of Enter? (Edit: never mind, I didn't notice your version)

@imoree just because it's simple doesn't mean it was obvious. This is a really ingenious idea.