Kevin,
You found a bug! There's a problem with the script that's run with the Transfer To
Names button. A small one, but makes the script very confusing and non-user-friendly.
If you have Filemaker, here's how you can fix it.
* Log into ebase with the master password.
* Click on the Contacts tab, and then on View Contacts.
* Once you're in the contacts file, click Script>Scriptmaker
* Open the script called "Select Names for Found Set"
* Find the script command third from the bottom that starts with "Replace", click on
it once
* Check the box that says "Perform without dialog"
* Click OK
That should do it. The script was simply popping up a confusing dialog box that you
don't need to see.
HTH,
Matt
At 09:54 AM 12/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>This is actually related to Karin's question, which is how to find people
>who have certain contact records. Her question was:
>"3) How can I call back up a found set that has gotten a contact record for
>a mailing? So far I can only call up a group associated with a source code
>if it is associated with a payment. For example, I sent out a fall appeal
>mailing. Each record that got the mailing got a contact record for it. I
>want to print out a list of this mailing but when I do a query on the donor
>screen, putting the source code in, it brings up payments entered for that
>source code."
>
>I have an answer to this, and a question. I have searched for contact
>records by going to the contacts tab, then hitting the "view contacts" tab,
>and then using the tools "find" tab to search on source code for the SC I
>associated with the contact record. This will bring up all of the contact
>records for that source code. Then I thought I'd use that handy "transfer to
>names" tab to get back to the names records.
>
>My question is this - when i use the transfer to names tab, instead of
>transferring to the desired names, a "replace" window pops up, and it says
>"permanently replace the contents of the field 'FoundSetKey' in the ##
>records of the current found set?", and then i can either "replace with ""
>", or "replace with serial numbers", or a "calculated result."
>If i hit cancel on the window, the another filemaker pro window pops up
>saying "no records match this request." And then I have two options, either
>modify, or continue. Hitting continue just takes me back to general names,
>(that is, not the ones I sorted by contact record), but hitting modify
>brings up a whole other layout screen, which says at the top:
>"This layout will never be seen by the user but is needed for the "640 -
>Update Household Names List" script (and others). DO NOT DELETE IT!!!"
>
>Has anyone else had this problem? Is it a quirk with the transfer names
>button, or is there something in the search process i described above that
>is tripping up the circuits somewhere in the vast machinery of the database?
>Cheers
>
>Kevin Haskins
>Portland Trails
>Portland, ME
>
>
>
Matthew Scholtz
Evaluator and IS Coordinator
Health Initiatives For Youth (HIFY)
www.hify.com
