Also, you can go to the Admin tab, then to Screen 2. One of the choices
there is Edit Value Lists. There are 13 value lists here that you can
edit, and the Origin list is one of them.
Please note that the field validations that Walt referred to *only* kick in
during data entry; they never come into play when you do an import. When
you import records, Filemaker doesn't validate the data. It assumes that
has been done already.
>Look at the value list in the names file. You can edit the value list to
>contain other names.
>
>When you import you will presumably import some field of your current
>database into the Origin field. Value lists are not a matching process or a
>checking process. They mostly an input aid. But you can enforce that the
>field only contain values from the value list (see define field). This may
>impede the import process. I would do the import and then fix the value list
>and then turn on checking.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Emma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 1:32 PM
> > To: TechRocks Support
> > Subject: [support] Basic Question
> >
> >
> > Hi Everyone- I am a brand new eBase user- in fact I am still in the
> > process of setting up/ configuring, then importing. This is a *really*
> > basic question- but I jsut can't seem to find the answer in the manual.
> >
> > On the data entry screen 1 I am trying to change the options available
> > in Origin. I would like to make that drop down list have the names of my
> > board members, and some other things, because most of our lists come from
> > honorees for events and board members. How do I change that drop down?
> > If I change it, when I import will it be able to recognize which one (ie
> > if the collumn says Roberts, or Mangum will the field pick-up the correct
> > choice).
> >
> > Thanks for the help on this very basic question.
> >
> > Emma Angevine
> > Development Associate
> > Talbot Perkins Children's Services Agency
> > New York, NY
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