color fields in portal and changing fields

[sabrinahorst]

Hi all

Just started in Filemaker Pro 11 Advanced.

I created a portal with a background so the rows get colored differently (standard function)

The rows displaying however turn up white. I would assume they get the same color as the row they are on.

What do I have to do to get the same color in the fields as in the row?

And second question Every row in the portal has a field 'opmerkingen' which I want to display outside of the portal. The content has to scroll with the portal, showing the content of the row it's on.

Is this possible and if yes, how ?

Thanks

Sabrina Horst

Edited November 24, 2010 by Guest

[Matthew F]

What do I have to do to get the same color in the fields as in the row?

Set the fields to be transparent. They will then take on any color of the background behind them.

Regarding your second question, I think the answer is that there is no easy way to have a field outside a portal scroll in sync with a portal. The way to do this would be to add the data from 'Opmerkingen' to a dedicated field in the related table, and then list it in the portal with the rest of the data.

[sabrinahorst]

Thanks

How do I set fields to be transparent?

And could you please explain your second remark a bit more? I'm a newbie so I don't understand what you mean.

Sabrina

[sabrinahorst]

Ok now I've set transparent and it looks ok. But as soon as I click within the portal some fields take over the background of the body and not the portal ?

see screenshots.

Howcome?

[Raybaudi]

Hi

while in Layout Mode:

Layouts >> Layout Setup... >> General

uncheck the box: Show field frames when record is active

[sabrinahorst]

Thanks

That did it.

Do you know then answer to my other question about scrolling in the portal and showing the right description outside the portal ?

[Raybaudi]

Try this one, if I understand well...

Sabrina.zip

[sabrinahorst]

Yes this is what I meant.

But in your example I cannot change the comment, which is what I want (or mutate via a button).

But how did you manage to do this?

Even by exploring your example I cannot see what you did to get the scrolling.

[comment]

Shouldn't the field be global?

[Raybaudi]

Yes, it is better that CurrentProjectID was instead a global field.

[sabrinahorst]

Ok I get it, I think.

You display the description of a second table with an updated projectid.

This gets updated by a script, but I can't figure out where this script gets triggered.

Help please?

Sabrina

[Raybaudi]

OnObjectEnter is the trigger of the portal.

[sabrinahorst]

Oh I see.

Thanks. I got it to work now.

Much appreciated.

Sabrina Horst