Greetings!
Can anyone help? What is the best/standard way of creating a
pop-up
layout in which the user can enter selected information?
(I'm using
FMPro Advanced with Windows XP.)
I have identified the following possibilities, and am
wondering if I am
on the right track, or if there is a better way:
1. Use a custom dialog: This is the easiest, but it is
limited in terms
of layout and in terms of number of fields which can accept
data.
2. Create a layout for the purpose: Of course, this is as
flexible as it
needs to be, both in terms of data to be entered and in
terms of visual
layout. However, it does have some issues:
a) If the pop-up layout is not maximized (which it
usually won't be), opening it restores any other layouts
that are already maximized to a funny size. This
necessitates a few extra script steps and calculations to
keep everything looking professional.
Also, if one is going to run the application on
different screen sizes, there are some further challenges in
calculating the right sizes for all the windows. (If one is
able to keep the base window maximized, a lot of these
calculations are eliminated.)
b) To make the pop-up modal (i.e. so that the user
cannot go back to the base layout until the pop-up has been
closed), requires, as far as I can see, script steps like
"Pause/Resume script", etc.. Not too difficult, but I am
wondering if there is not something built into Filemaker to
handle this kind of requirement.
Many thanks
Bruce Button
