Hi David,

I thought I'd done this as you suggested but I'm getting some unexpected
results in my pop up value list...

On a hidden layout I have CodeNames field (text, indexed) containing:
1A
2A
3A
4A
5A


Also on this layout I have LongNames field (text, indexed) containing:
Alex Stanton
Andrew Nicholls
Anne Marie William
Anthony Williams
Ben Roome

In my main visible layout I have "Operator" (text) field using value list
"Ops" which uses values from CodeNames first, and values from LongNames
second. The list is sorted by the second field.

When selecting the pop up it's displaying the following:
1A 2A 3A 4A 5A Alex Stanton
1A 2A 3A 4A 5A Andrew Nicholls
1A 2A 3A 4A 5A Anne Marie William
1A 2A 3A 4A 5A Anthony Williams
1A 2A 3A 4A 5A Ben Roome

And when selecting one of these values, for instance:
1A 2A 3A 4A 5A Alex Stanton
The field displays
1A
2A
3A
4A
5A


The desired state I want is for the user to select "Operator" and for the
popup to show:
1A Alex Stanton
2A Andrew Nicholls
3A Anne Marie William
4A Anthony Williams
5A Ben Roome

And when 1A Alex Stanton is selected for instance in "Operator" to display
1A.

Where am I going wrong?

TIA

Dave

------------------------------
> 
> I assume the Long name and employee code number are field values in a record
> and
> you are choosing the code number. The value list should then be the the values
> of the code number field and an option in setting up such a value list is that
> you can show values from a second field (long name) also. This list can be
> sorted on the second field. So what you will see in the pop-up is a list of
> "code
> number" <space> "long name" and when you select the a value the code number is
> dropped in the field.
> 
> Be warned - if the code numbers are not unique (key field) then results may
> not
> be what you expect.


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