Hi...

I have what might actually be a simple solution, but I don't know what
it is.

When you create a layout and then start entering data, if you basically
click anywhere on the layout but not in a textbox for example, the
record is saved.

So...I want to have it where a person has to hit either an Accept or
Cancel button, but
if the user can hit anywhere on the screen, then the Accept is
basically 'done for you' and
you can't cancel (Revert).

How does anyone work around this?

TIA,
Joe

In article <1165505891.785797.218920 (AT) l12g2000cwl (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
"JoeT" <trubisz (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Enter the data into global data fields and move it to record defined
fields when the user clicks "Accept".

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One way to "work around" it is to go to Layout Setup and unmark the
option to 'save record changes automatically'.


JoeT wrote:

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Hi,
First the user does not 'create a layout', he creates a record in using that
layout and filling in that layout's fields.
So one has to think a little deeper on the details on what steps have to be
taken when you want the user to create a record.
I would suggest that you create a button - named 'New Record' for example -
that would launch a script. In that script you take control. With it, you
send the user to a new layout and stay there. The user then has in front of
him everything he has to fill on globals fields. Then a 'Validate button,
triggers another script in which you make any validation you want, and if
OK, does create the actual new record using what was given in the globals.
That's one way. There are others.
Remi-Noel

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