Searching data from a small window

[Bikeman17]

Hi there

I am facing a problem with my search tool. I want to perform a search from a small layout. The search works fine except the record found is not displayed in the original layout. I can see the result in the small window but when it closes, I am back to the original layout without the search result. The original and the small layout share the same table. By the way, my search script opens a new window in Find Mode and then it closes at the end.

Any tips is welcome

[dansmith65]

I've done this by closing the original window and resizing/renaming the find window to match the original window.

[Bikeman17]

I appreciated your comments but I came up with another solution that avoids window management. I used a global field and perform the same search in the original window. So the user thinks he performed one search. Actually, I used the search result to perform a second search. This way I can keep using a small window which looks nice on screen. Thanks your comments that kept me thinking about a solution.

[dansmith65]

Here is some more food for though...

You could also use layout script triggers to go to a custom find layout, and return from it. This can also be setup to modify the found set after the users find is performed.

There is a blog post about this method here: http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/using-onmodeenter-script-triggers-to-display-custom-find-layouts/