I have a number of seven tables with contact data fields from which I
need to print lists and envelopes. I have two scripts that do this and
I duplicted these for each of the 7 tables. This seems a very
cumbersome way to handle this problem.

Is there any way I can use the original two scripts and then click on a
button to print the data out from whichever table I happen to be using
at any point in time?

TIA

kva

In article <140620051959192505%kva (AT) here (DOT) com>, K V <kva (AT) here (DOT) com> wrote:

Sorry, I have no idea about Filemaker 7 tables, but why are the
contacts in seven separate tables?? Wouldn't it be easier to put them
all in one table. If necessary you can put a checkbox or pop-up menu
field there to be able to group similar contacts together (eg.
Government, School Teachers, or whatever). That would then make
printing a simple matter of finding the appropriate records and
printing.

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

On 6/14/2005, K V wrote:

That IS cumbersome. I'm trying to envision why you would go to such
lengths.

At most, you would need a list layout layout for each table and a single
envelope layout. You could actually create a single list layout using a
group of calculation fields to vary the content of the list as necessary.

If you really need multiple dedicated list layouts, you could use
If-Then-Else steps in a script to decide which layout to go to and print
based on where you started, or some other control.

Is the information from one table to the next all that different that you
couldn't just tremendously simplify things by putting everything in one
table, and do your printing from found sets?

Matt

In article <Iofse.7397$fa3.4563@trndny01>, Matt Wills <I'm (AT) Witz (DOT) end>
wrote:

Thanks for the ideas, I will do a little more reading and hopefully
come up with a solution.

Ken