On 1/9/08 1:48 PM, "Bruce Button" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in whole or in part:
> I have a master layout which includes a portal showing related records > (namely a list of projects). I would dearly love to place a field (call > it Master_Project) on the master layout which updates automatically as > one moves through the rows of the portal - say with ProjectID or > ProjectName. Thus, when one moves (say) from row 2 to row 3 in the > portal, the field Master_Project will change to show data from the > current portal row. Try as I might, I can only get such a field to show > information from the first related portal row, irrespective of which row > is active. > (I am using FM Pro 9 on Windows XP.) > > Thanks for any help. Since there is no "trigger", the related information is only from the first related record as if you placed the related fields on the layout without a portal. If the user were to "scripted-navigate" through the portal rows, for example, then you can set a field that is the related record "id", rather than the match field from the relationship. I often add my own buttons to "scroll" the portal up and down rather than relying on the built-in scroll. Keep in mind that any interaction other than that record needs to clear the scrolling mechanism. If you go to another RECORD, the detail needs to match both the primary key for that record and any "id" used to get the details. Beverly
