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- From: wb1o+@andrew.cmu.edu (William Matthew Beaver)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
- Subject: 4D: Layout ???s
- Message-ID: <QeyNFVq00UhW85rJ5K@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 21:38:41 GMT
- Organization: Senior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
- Lines: 38
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- I am trying to take a list of records, display them in a column format,
- and create a new record in another table given whatever the user
- selects. For example:
-
- Customer Table
- Name ID Number
- --------------------------
- Smith 9457
- Jones 0982
- Murphy 3920
- . .
- . .
- etc etc
-
-
- When the user selects "Jones" that record is selected. Then I want to
- create a record in a table [Projects] related by ID number. I want the
- input layout for [Projects] to come up immediately after the user double
- clicks in the [Customer] table layout. With the ID number inserted (as
- it sometimes does with the relation)
-
- I think the problem lies in the fact that I'm trying to switch between
- files. I've tried selecting all the names and ID numbers into arrays
- with:
-
- selection into array([Customer]Cust_Name;AreaA;[Customer]Cust_ID;AreaB)
-
- And then displaying the arrray with: modify selection([Customer])
-
- This is getting pretty ugly. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can
- do this? Either with the file switching or with the arrays? Another
- (easier?) way.
-
- ANY ideas would be greatly appreciated.
-
- Thanks in advance,
- William M. Beaver
- Carnegie Mellon University
-