Mac 4D V16 R2 From the Design Reference on the subject of Output Forms I can find the following:
" The header and/or footer of the form may contain buttons, pop-up menus, etc." " You can customize output forms by adding variables in the Header or Footer area." I do not see an example or an explicit statement that enterable variables are allowed. My problem is this. I want to add an enterable variable into the header of a Output Form. In my case as part of an interface to allow the user to customize (filter) the records that are displayed. This works fine if the Output Form has been called up by MODIFY SELECTION. However, if that same Output Form has been called up by DISPLAY SELECTION, it is no longer possible (in my experience) to enter text into the enterable variable of the header. Some questions: Is this true? Is there a logical reason this is true? Is this documented anywhere? Is there a simple workaround? * * * * * * * * * * * * * My workaround (for when I am using DISPLAY SELECTION instead of MODIFY SELECTION) is to have a button in the header that brings up a dialog window into which I can enter some text and use that to filter the listing. But this involves an extra step and seems peculiar because this workaround is not required for MODIFY SELECTION. Can anyone shed light on this issue? ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
