Hi Chuck
I'm having some 'fun' within Scriptmaker.
Specifically, I'm trying to Set Field using Case.
The fields involved are globals; the field being set and the field
from which the data is being pulled.
Here's the algor'm...
SetField (Projects::_holdthis (
Case ( Projects::_Layout = "This" ; This::RecordID ;
Projects::_Layout = "That" ; That::RecordID ;
Projects::_Layout = "Other" ; Other::RecordID ;
"Nada"
)
What's happening is nothing is happening; _holdthis doesn't have
anything in it after the step. This, in spite of the fact that
Projects::_Layout has This, That or Other in it.
What's going wrong here? Is there something about Case or SetField
that it won't deal with a global field? All fields are Global Text.
What's the exact content of the Projects::_Layout field ?
If the content does not match exactly the string you use ("This",
"That" etc ...) the Case condition will not be satisfied
On second thoughts re-reading your message I'm led to believe the
problem might be different: the case function woulod write the string
"Nada" should none of the above conditions be matched: if you find
the field empty some other parts of the script might be responsible
for it, or the field be an autoenter field of a null value, or write
privileges might be missing
Ciao
G. Pupita
Certified FileMaker 8 Developer
FileMaker Business Alliance
