I'm glad this came up because I was puzzled by the message that would pop up as well. I discovered that when you click on the Email List field and go to Format> Field Format and select "Allow "other...etc" the annoying message goes away.
Knowledgeable ebase techies, does this cause any problems down the road? -- Shaugn Schwartz Regional Director, Western Canada Evergreen #404 - 134 Abbott St. Vancouver BC V6B 2K4 ph. 604.689.0766 * fax 604.669.6222 http://www.evergreen.ca Bringing Nature to Our Cities > From: "Bob LeLievre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "TechRocks Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 19:43:22 -0500 > To: "TechRocks Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [support] Re: "Email Lists" field > > This problem will also occur if you change the value list. If you checked > off some choices in the EMAIL LISTS field in some data records, then removed > those choices from the value list, those choices still are hidden in the > email list field, even though you can't see any check-marks for them. You > get the Filemaker warning because it sees values in the field that aren't > currently in the value list. > > One solution is to change the field style to STANDARD. Anything value that > was checked will show up as a list of values. Do a FIND on the values that > were removed from the value list. If you don't know which values were > removed, do a FIND on the field being 'not blank' and scroll around and look > for the missing values. If it's a small amount of records, you can fix them > one by one. If it's a ton of records, you can fix them with complicated > REPLACE commands. Be careful! A REPLACE command in a checkbox field can > remove all the data, not just one value. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Bob LeLievre > LeLievre Information Services > List Management Services for Non-Profits > voice: 617-474-9131 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: www.lelievre.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 7:20 PM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] Re: "Email Lists" field > > >> Hi there, we are running ebase v 1.02 on a win 98 platform. We have the >> "Email Lists" field set as checkboxes, pulling values from a defined value >> list. We are encountering an unexpected warning box when editing the values >> in field. When adding a check to a record that didn't have one before, >> nothing happens and you go about your merry way. However, when editing >> (removing the check from that box) a >> record that does have one or more boxes checked, a dialogue box pops up > with >> the following text "This field is defined to contain only specific values. >> Allow value?" with three options - "revert field", "yes" or "no". >> >> In trying to figure it out, it appears to me that ebase (or Filemaker) is >> just verifying that you really want to make a change to those checkboxes. > If >> you choose yes, the value changes and is reflected correctly in a search. > Is >> this so or is it something more complex than this? > > The field "Email Lists" has a validation criterion in its definition. > It is required to have only values that appear in the value list > "listservs list". It appears to me that you are attempting to add a > value that is not on that list. Since you assert that you are > selecting a value by using a checkbox, I wonder if the value list > assigned to this field is not the same one that is requred in the > field definition. > > In layout mode, select the field and then the menu item Format>Field > Format. It should say that the field is formatted in check boxes and > give the name of the value list assigned. This should be "listservs > list". If it is not, change the list assigned either to the field > format or the field definition so they match. > > -- > -- > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------ > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------ 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
