hi all,
i have asked a similar queston before, but let me try again.

i have a few protals in a layout and they all have same field names. I
would like to be ble to click on field A and have a script do
something. And if i click in a different portal's field A i would like
a similar script run, (as you might guess the only difference in the
scripts is the fields referenced). So right now i have for each field
in evey portal with a separate specific script. I was wondering if it
would be possible for FMP7.0 to somehow know/calculate which field was
clicked on?

i would like something as the following to happen:

IF (clicked_field = "portalA::fieldA" then....)
ELSEIF (clicked_field = "portalB::fieldA" then...)
ELSEIF (clicked_field = "portalC::fieldA" then...)

is this possible? i am not familiar with the functions in FMP7 but how
can i achieve the function of "knowing" what the clicked field is?

second question:

as a debugging feature i added a text field called INFO in my layout.
everytime i run a script i am trying to fill INFO with particular
information. i.e. Insert Text [Select;TableA::INFO;"Get
(ActiveFieldName)"]
when the script runs, all i get in the INFO field is Get
(ActiveFieldName), instead of the actual name. can someone tell me how
to fill that INFO field with the fieldname.

TIA

pri wrote:

You can run the same script from multiple buttons with different results.

When you format a button to perform a script, at the bottom of the window
where you specify the script is a pane titled Optional Script Parameter.

Used in conjunction with the Get ( SCriptParameter ) function as part of
an If step in a script, your script can behave differently depending on
which button is clicked.

For instance, specify the Optional Script Parameter as 1 for one button, 2
for another.

In the script, include a routine such as

If Get (ScriptParameter) = 1
Do this
Else If Get (ScriptParameter) = 2
Do Something else
End If.

Insert text does just that: you're inserting text, literally
"Get(ActiveFieldName)". Make the script step Insert Calculated Result [Get
(ActiveFieldName)]

Matt

Hello pri,

With regard to your last question - you need to use the step Insert Calculated
Result[..etc

I assume that you are setting up the fields in your portals as buttons. One
thing you could do is to use the same script each time and pass different
parameters to the scripts according to which field you are clicking. A parameter
can be calculated; so in particular you could include the Get(ActiveFieldName)
in your calculation to pass on to the script.

pri wrote:
You can't click 'in' a field to trigger a script (well, you can with a
plug-in, but that's a different story). But you can set the field to be
a button so that a script is run when you click on the field. When you
define the field/button, just include a script parameter in the dialog
where you specify the one script to run. Make the script parameter
whatever you want -- field name, for example.

In your script, you can test using something like:
IF (get(ScriptParameter) = "portalA::fieldA" then....)
ELSEIF (get(ScriptParameter) = "portalB::fieldA" then...)
etc

If you are actually getting the text "Get(ActiveFieldName)" inserted
into the field, then you must have it enclosed in quotes within your
insert calculation dialog. Just remove the quotes. But if you are
using it to determine a field that you are clicking on as a button (see
my solution above), then it will not know that whatever you are clicking
on is active. In fact, any other field can still be active with the
cursor inside it as you click on a button elsewhere on the layout (or in
another window altogether).

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Howard Schlossberg (818) 883-2846
FM Pro Solutions Los Angeles, California

FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
Associate Member, FileMaker Solutions Alliance

Hello Howard,

That's useful to know. I thought that clicking a field made it active, but
I see that is not the case if it is defined as a button.


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thank you guys! this was the exact feature i was looking for.