Title: [support] Re: Regarding importing payments with custom
Hi Dave!
I don't know how to change the script order. I think that is what I need help with.  Also, if I define fields while on the imppay screen can I then define fields on the payments screen and have them be the same? 

When you are looking at the imppay screen, you are in the file imppay0_.103. This is different from the paymnts_.103 where the data ends up, and you need to create the fields in both files to make the process work. You can give them the same name, because they are in different files.

It seems like I should be able to create them someplace and then pull the fields in layout mode, but they don't show up in any list even though I created them in the imppay screen? 

My guess is that you are trying to put them on a layout in the paymnts file. Once you create the fields in the paymnts file, you'll be able to import data into them and use the data on a layout.

Also, where and how do I change the script to make this work?

The script editor is called ScriptMaker, and it's available from the top item of the Scripts menu. Again, scripts, like fields, live in a specific file, so be sure you are in the file you want to work on before opening ScriptMaker. Import order is stored in a script. The import order to import payment info from imppay0 to paymnts is stored in a script in the paymnts file called Import from Imppay0. Perform the import once manually, including the new fields you added. Then open the script you want, close it again, and you'll be given a dialog box which asks if you want to Keep the import order that is stored in the script, or replace it with the one you just used.

That said, note that scripting is a pretty advanced technique. All the buttons and procedures in ebase are driven by FileMaker scripts (there are 350 or so in the names file alone). You can get in a whole lotta trouble by changing scripts without knowing what other effects it might have.
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Dave Shaw         H4 Consulting
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