Comments on: Highlighting the Active Field in FileMaker http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/ smart business solutions Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Orlando Sanchez http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-822 Orlando Sanchez Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:12:15 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-822 @Geoff: No need to apologize! And thanks a lot for this great resource for the FM community! @Geoff: No need to apologize! And thanks a lot for this great resource for the FM community!

]]> By: Orlando Sanchez http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-821 Orlando Sanchez Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:10:44 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-821 @Jesse: I believe it was Chad Novotny who came up with this idea... @Jesse: I believe it was Chad Novotny who came up with this idea…

]]> By: Jesse Antunes http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-820 Jesse Antunes Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:36:45 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-820 I'm not really sure who came up with it. First time I saw it was definitely Andy LeCates at DecCon 2007. Do you recall whom he mentioned as the person he saw it from? I’m not really sure who came up with it. First time I saw it was definitely Andy LeCates at DecCon 2007. Do you recall whom he mentioned as the person he saw it from?

]]> By: David Head http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-819 David Head Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:19:26 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-819 Would it be appropriate to credit the person/company who came up with this technique presented by Andy LeCates at DevCon 2007? Would it be appropriate to credit the person/company who came up with this technique presented by Andy LeCates at DevCon 2007?

]]> By: Geoff Coffey http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-818 Geoff Coffey Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:47:17 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-818 @Orlando: My apologies to you <em>and</em> Ray. I found an older version, Jesse found the newer, script-and-plug-in-free version. Very clever and effective. I love it :) Sam, if you're still reading, check <a href="http://www.databasepros.com/FMPro?-DB=resources.fp5&-lay=cgi&-format=list.html&-FIND=+&resource_id=DBPros000804" rel="nofollow">this</a> out. Amazing. @Orlando: My apologies to you and Ray. I found an older version, Jesse found the newer, script-and-plug-in-free version. Very clever and effective. I love it :)

Sam, if you’re still reading, check this out. Amazing.

]]> By: Jesse Antunes http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-816 Jesse Antunes Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:22:44 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-816 @Orlando - Geoff stands corrected.... I didn't think you could do it either for that matter. As Long as you make sure that your webviewer in the subsummary part is as large as any screen anyone viewing your solution is using, you'll get an active row highlight. It's really quite clever. I'll probably write that one up some time. Thanks a lot for the info. @Orlando - Geoff stands corrected…. I didn’t think you could do it either for that matter. As Long as you make sure that your webviewer in the subsummary part is as large as any screen anyone viewing your solution is using, you’ll get an active row highlight.

It’s really quite clever. I’ll probably write that one up some time. Thanks a lot for the info.

]]> By: Orlando Sanchez http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-815 Orlando Sanchez Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:46:29 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-815 Hola Geoff, You must have looked at a different file: This is the explanation text that is included with Ray's file via John Mark's site: <blockquote> This file highlights the currently active record in list view without a script or plug-in in FileMaker 8.5. Ray Cologon and I talked on the phone regarding the record highlighting technique I am posting this month and he has come up with a nearly identical technique with one small change but with big results. Instead of a trailing grand summary to refresh the web viewer, he uses a subsummary. The benefit is the subsummary part doesn’t display in browse mode. - John Mark Osborne www.databasepros.com </blockquote> Hola Geoff,
You must have looked at a different file:
This is the explanation text that is included with Ray’s file via John Mark’s site:

This file highlights the currently active record in list view without a script or plug-in in FileMaker 8.5.

Ray Cologon and I talked on the phone regarding the record highlighting technique I am posting this month and he has come up with a nearly identical technique with one small change but with big results. Instead of a trailing grand summary to refresh the web viewer, he uses a subsummary. The benefit is the subsummary part doesn’t display in browse mode.

- John Mark Osborne
http://www.databasepros.com

]]> By: Geoff Coffey http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-814 Geoff Coffey Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:40:50 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-814 @orlando: Ray's stuff is pretty fantastic, but in this particular case, it doesn't fit the bill. His solution uses the ZipScript plug-in. Sam's request specifically stipulated "without scripts." I really truly think it simply can't be done without scripts or plug-ins. But if there were a <code>Get(ActiveRecordNumber)</code> function I think it would probably be possible. @orlando: Ray’s stuff is pretty fantastic, but in this particular case, it doesn’t fit the bill. His solution uses the ZipScript plug-in. Sam’s request specifically stipulated “without scripts.”

I really truly think it simply can’t be done without scripts or plug-ins. But if there were a Get(ActiveRecordNumber) function I think it would probably be possible.

]]> By: Orlando Sanchez http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-813 Orlando Sanchez Fri, 02 Nov 2007 21:34:53 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-813 Hola Jesse, John Mark has some sample files that do this. One of them was created by Ray Cologon. Do a search for "hilite record". Hola Jesse,
John Mark has some sample files that do this. One of them was created by Ray Cologon. Do a search for “hilite record”.

]]> By: Paul Turnbull http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-795 Paul Turnbull Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:05:31 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/highlighting-the-active-field-in-filemaker/#comment-795 Very cool but I would note that you can highlight the current field in FMP8. If you want yellow, set the body colour to yellow, put a white box (or whatever you want the background colour to be) on the layout, place your fields on top of that, and, most importantly, in Layout Setup un-check Show Field Frames When Record is Active. Of course this is only a means of changing the field colour when selected and does not give the range of options available with conditional formatting. I also don't know if this setting was available in 7 or not but it is there in 8. Very cool but I would note that you can highlight the current field in FMP8.

If you want yellow, set the body colour to yellow, put a white box (or whatever you want the background colour to be) on the layout, place your fields on top of that, and, most importantly, in Layout Setup un-check Show Field Frames When Record is Active.

Of course this is only a means of changing the field colour when selected and does not give the range of options available with conditional formatting.

I also don’t know if this setting was available in 7 or not but it is there in 8.

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