Aloha Rowland, Since you are using FMA 9, how about using conditional formatting to show/hide the button?
If it is a graphic button, consider looking at David Head's Conditional Icons http://www.ulearnit.com.au/filemaker/icons.zip , and using IsValid( key ) as your condition. ~Miki On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:34 PM, cdyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Rowland with a 'W' > > Since your button is in a portal, the only method I know is to make the > button appear in a graphic calc field conditional on there being data in any > of the exposed fields in the portal. Don't use the "delete > portal row" option for the button, but run a script to delete the portal > row. Exit the script before the delete portal row script step if there > isn't any data in any of the exposed fields in the portal. > > If you choose to change the cursor to a hand, it will still show the hand > in the empty row, but the button shouldn't show and the script won't work. > > Chuck...that's Chuck with a 'u' > > FileMaker Pro Discussions <[email protected]> writes: > >I have a portal where the user can enter new data, so the > >relationship is set to allow creation of new records. To keep things > >tidy if a row of the portal is to be deleted I provide a "Remove" > >button which runs a script to delete the related record. (If a user > >simply deleted all the visible data it would leave an empty record > >which is undesirable.) > > > >However, the "allow creation of records" relationship also cause the > >"remove" button to appear in an empty portal row at the bottom, as > >well as in all the wanted rows. > > > >Is there any way to prevent this happening? It's not a real probelm > >if not, but it just looks a bit untidy and will probably cause > >confusion in the user. > > > >FMP9Av3, developing on Mac OS 10.4.11 for eventual use cross-platform. > > > >regards > > > >Rowland > >-- > >| Wilma & Rowland Carson http://home.clara.net/rowil/ > >| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ... >
