Hi Steve,
Again, my sincere thanks for your prompt reply.
My bad. You are quite right. The FTS manual did not specify that
you had to create the fields again on the layout from the status bar
which caused me some confusion. In the past, when I have created
fields in the define database field creation dialog box, they have
appeared in the database layout page where I could position them
wherever I wanted so I expected the same when I created these two
fields.
What a wonderful list this is. Again, my thanks to all, especially
you, Steve, and to Forbes Robertson, Richard Russell and Geoff Graham
for their very helpful input. Your patience is very much appreciated.
With kind regards to all on this list.
Roger
On 13/09/2008, at 4:27 PM, Steve Cassidy wrote:
Roger
Have you read the users' guide for FMP?
When you create a field, it is added to the current table. Fields do
not necessarily appear on any layout when you create them. (Um...
how would the software know which layout you want them on?)
You have to add them manually.
Steve
On 13 Sep 2008, at 09:30, rogeradams wrote:
I have created a new database file to check if this problem exists
in another independent database but the new database also fails to
show these fields in any of the layouts.
Am I missing something or is something amiss in FM9. I have bitten
the bullet and ordered FM9 which should arrive in the middle of
next week.
