>Just when I thought I was learning Filemaker a little better, I now find >myself unable to do a simple query in a field within a portal to a related >file. I thought this was possible (and that I had done it before!).
The only thing I can think of is to make sure the field is formatted to allow entry into the field. - in layout mode, select the field - select the menu item Format>Field Format and check the box to allow entry into the field. >On one of the Custom screens, I have a portal that shows previous years' >Attendance history for a given student in our database. I thought I could >do a FIND within any of the related fields within the first row of the >portal for a specific school year, but when I enter Find mode I can't access >any of the fields in the portal! (I know I don't have a transparent >button overlaying the portal row, and checking "Allow deletion of related >records" makes no difference.) > >Can anybody tell me the obvious thing I'm missing? :o( >Colin > >(FM Server serving ebase to FMP5 on W98 clients) > > >------------------ >Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to >http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter >the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org >--------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -- Dave Shaw H4 Consulting tel: 206-954-7526 fax: 206-625-1338 ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
