fmow Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Simple set up, portal on top, a button under, OnObjectKeystroke trigger, got to object(the name of the portal) go to portal row last. Not working. Alternatively, button set up, go to portal, goes to another portal in another tab... Can anyone shed some light here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruceR Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Your example file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmow Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 With its metadata getting cleaned... but the cat just dragged it in, apparently she's been a busy beaver. So, I got it to work, almost perfect. It's not exactly the same as the original description (which was only part of what I was aiming for): There's two portals in two tabs. In the second portal one you can lock records, unlock them and/or go to it via two buttons, with fields and merge fields hiding or showing via an OFF/ON toggle variable. Works fine. There's also a third button set a simply go to portal which takes you to the portal in tab 1. There's really no use for this other than to demonstrate that it does go to the portal in tab 1 instead of one on top of the button it in tab two. Maybe because portal one was created first, because it's placed first in succession in the first tab (well, so to speak first that is)? I would expect that the behaviour would be to go the closest one, and I am not really happy with the way they implemented this, unless there's a pretty good reason why it doesn't work as it probably should. (well, I guess it's not meant to happen: " Example.fmp12 You aren't permitted to upload this kind of file ") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 The file needs to be zipped. Follow thees steps in this post. Attach a file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 button set up, go to portal, goes to another portal in another tab... Can anyone shed some light here? If you have more than one portal on the layout, Go to Portal Row[] will select the portal furthest to the back in the layout stack order. If you want to go to another portal, assign it an object name and call Go to Object[] before calling Go to Portal Row[]. If you always want Go to Portal Row[] to go to one specific portal, select it in layout mode and send it to back (under Arrange). Simple set up, portal on top, a button under, OnObjectKeystroke trigger, got to object(the name of the portal) go to portal row last. Not working. I don't understand this "simple set up". If you have a button, why do you need an OnObjectKeystroke trigger? On what object? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmow Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 The file needs to be zipped. Follow thees steps in this post. Attach a file. Thanks Lee, I got it in my notebook, non-dropboxed, will post in a few hours when I head home. If you have more than one portal on the layout, Go to Portal Row[] will select the portal furthest to the back in the layout stack order. If you want to go to another portal, assign it an object name and call Go to Object[] before calling Go to Portal Row[]. If you always want Go to Portal Row[] to go to one specific portal, select it in layout mode and send it to back (under Arrange). I don't understand this "simple set up". If you have a button, why do you need an OnObjectKeystroke trigger? On what object? Because I was messing about apparently and instead of setting up a button to perform a script, I set the variable with the button set up and the rest of the script with an onobjectkeystroke on that button. I don't know why I took that misguided convoluted approach...It was a simple set up, albeit a stupid one too. I see, thanks for explaining the logic behind the go to portal, without the go to object. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmow Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 Update, I am posting my example file of the broader thing I was trying to do. As to my original problem, it did not appear when I made the example anew. But it did appear in my solution. It consisted of filemaker twice denying to go to a portal despite the name on the inspector and the script being the same, verbatim and checked about ten times. It ignored it. Upon a third try the same names coinicided.... That's my 2cs at least in what I see as a bug. Please let me know of any unwarranted metadata in the example file. And thanks to everyone who's chimed in. Example.fmp12.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eos Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Study attached MOD to see how you can write and arrange your scripts in a more modular fashion (and use Boolean flags less verbosely). Example_eosMOD.fmp12.zip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmow Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thanks mate, I am having a look right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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