I'm not sure if anyone suggested anything else in the meantime, but just wanted to let you know that I came across this almost 4 years after the fact, and I think it will be helpful.
I was worried about duplicate values, but I figure they can always clear the field. Thank you! Joe Way, way back on Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:31:18 -0700, Jason Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >You can do it with two fields and two Active Links (actually 3 because you >need one to clear the field). The field where you want to store the data is >Read Only and does not have the menu attached. The second field is set to >Display as Text with no label and has the menu attached. You place the >second field just to the right of the first field so it all looks like one >field. > >Here is a screen shot of the fields: >https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/R_kMfV6yuJEBHgNBusx6I4l9Ka9A_Ux32HYoeH9cjKs?feat=directlink > >Screen shots of the two AL details: >https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CQ9eYYQo4sGHY46XSzv-m4l9Ka9A_Ux32HYoeH9cjKs?feat=directlink >https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fhatMqQG7C6oqiX_GiLU_ol9Ka9A_Ux32HYoeH9cjKs?feat=directlink > >One more thing you may want to do its set the first field (data field) to >Read/Write when the form is in a Search mode. > >Jason _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
