On Jan 16, 2009, at 5:22 PM, Michael Grant wrote:
Well, I certainly want to keep things clean, but it's quite possible in a data entry situation that the organization's name is the only available information about it, in which case I don't want to make things more complicated for the user than they have to be.
The best way I've devised to handle this is to avoid the use of combo boxes altogether. Instead whenever I want to create a relationship between two entities I use a combo data entry/search popup form that checks for existing entities with a similar name. If any exist they appear in a portal to the right, and clicking on it will create the link. If not, there is a "New" button on the form that creates both the entity and the link using the already entered data and then dismisses the form.
Cheers, -corn Corn Walker The Proof Group http://proofgroup.com/
