I need to show a graphic that will display only on the active record in any
layout in any table - just so it only shows on the record that is active.
There must be a simple way to do this but so far the solution has eluded me.
What am I overlooking?

Thanks for any help.  Al

In article <CwNGe.11959$W%5.96@trnddc05>, "MARIA PARTRIDGE"
<alp787@verizon.net> wrote:

> I need to show a graphic that will display only on the active record in any
> layout in any table - just so it only shows on the record that is active.
> There must be a simple way to do this but so far the solution has eluded me.
> What am I overlooking?
> 
> Thanks for any help.  Al

I'm not sure about FileMaker 7, but there's no way in earlier versions
to know that "this" record is the active record (ie. there's no
Status(ActiveRecordID) function - Status(CurrentRecordID) isn't the
same thing), so I don't think this can be done ... at least not without
defining your own scripts for moving around the records (ie. your own
Previous and Next record scripts which "turn off" the current record's
graphic, move to the appropriate record and "turn on" it's graphic).

Having said that, I do vaguely recall an example that MIGHT have done
something like this, but it was a LONG time ago and I have no idea
where it was.


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