How Can I make a simple portal where in each row there is one of the
fields of each record in the currently found set?  (like show the names
of contacts that are in the found set)?

I want the thing to reflect the actual found set when it changes.

Thanks in advance
 
David Averbach

Not quite clear what you are trying,

When you have only one table (one file previous to FMP7) you don't need a 
relation or a portal. Just switch to kiosk view / view as table.

Otherwise you will just see realted info to the current record. You simply 
just can NOT see related info on many records. Which means you have a record 
active, this has a unique ID (hopefully) that you have used to create a 
relation. Since this ID is unique you will only see related info on this 
record. And so this is on the B side of  your relation the current-related 
set.

If this is not what you need please try to refrase, stating version and 
platform.

-- 
Keep well,
Ursus
"davey" <averbach@mac.com> schreef in bericht 
news:1146869990.340898.270490@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> How Can I make a simple portal where in each row there is one of the
> fields of each record in the currently found set?  (like show the names
> of contacts that are in the found set)?
>
> I want the thing to reflect the actual found set when it changes.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> David Averbach
> 

In article <445cfa24$0$442$dbd43001@news.wanadoo.nl>, "Ursus"
<ursus.kirk@wanadoo.nl> wrote:
> "davey" <averbach@mac.com> schreef in bericht 
> news:1146869990.340898.270490@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > How Can I make a simple portal where in each row there is one of the
> > fields of each record in the currently found set?  (like show the names
> > of contacts that are in the found set)?
> >
> > I want the thing to reflect the actual found set when it changes.
> 
> Not quite clear what you are trying,
> 
> When you have only one table (one file previous to FMP7) you don't need a 
> relation or a portal. Just switch to kiosk view / view as table.

I'd go with View As List as well.

You could get a Portal of the Found Set records, but it would require
lots of looped scripting to keep changing Key Data / Link field values
and so would be quite slow on large numbers of records. It also
couldn't work through FileMaker's own Find (Apple-F / Ctrl-F) function,
so you'd need you're own Find button for users to click on and/or a
Find script in the Scripts menu.



> Otherwise you will just see realted info to the current record. You simply 
> just can NOT see related info on many records. Which means you have a record 
> active, this has a unique ID (hopefully) that you have used to create a 
> relation. Since this ID is unique you will only see related info on this 
> record. And so this is on the B side of  your relation the current-related 
> set.

Not quite true. You can put a Global field on the Parent side of a
relationship and then the related records using that relationship don't
necessarily have any connection to any of the current record's data at
all (although they might do).   :o)
ie.
        Global Field  <---->  Link FIeld



Helpful Harry                   
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships  ;o)

> > Otherwise you will just see realted info to the current record. You 
> > simply

> > just can NOT see related info on many records. Which means you have a 
> > record

> > active, this has a unique ID (hopefully) that you have used to create a

> > relation. Since this ID is unique you will only see related info on this

> > record. And so this is on the B side of your relation the 
> > current-related

> > set.

>

> Not quite true. You can put a Global field on the Parent side of a

> relationship and then the related records using that relationship don't

> necessarily have any connection to any of the current record's data at

> all (although they might do). :o)

> ie.

> Global Field <----> Link Field



Sure thing Harry, I just gathered the original sender was not quite into 
relations and portals on any level and simplified a bit too much.



Ursus

See the link to a sample database that I prepared for browsing a list of 
records at
http://users.tpg.com.au/aoaug/mac_osx.html#filemaker
"My example Filemaker database that simulates the Open Access browse 
window."
This displays a list of records in the main window and details of the 
current record in the footer. It may be what you had in mind. You can 
change to FIND mode and enter criteria in the fields in the footer to 
generate a found set. The corresponding records are displayed in the list.

Michael Paine

davey wrote:
> How Can I make a simple portal where in each row there is one of the
> fields of each record in the currently found set?  (like show the names
> of contacts that are in the found set)?
> 
> I want the thing to reflect the actual found set when it changes.
> 
> Thanks in advance
>  
> David Averbach
>