Popup box at a click of a button

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:00 pm
Hello forum

I want to be able to click on a button so this then displays a popup help box that I can put in help data.

Thanks in advance.

Martin
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:35 am
< I have moved this from the Custom Functions forum to General Support. >

I want to be able to click on a button so this then displays a popup help box that I can put in help data.


You have a lot of options here. A few of the ones I like...

a) You can use Tool Tips in FileMaker 8 Advanced.

b) You can show the help text in a scripted Show Custom Dialog.

c) You could put your help text in a field which is behind all your layout objects (and thus can't be seen) and has allow-entry turned off in Browse and Find modes. Then your script simply has to go to this field. The scripted behavior overrides the fields entry behavior settings and makes it look like its come to the front.

d) Probably the simplest option is to create a new small layout for displaying your help text and have your script create a new window for this layout. This can let users keep this window up while they return to your main window to work.

Hope that gets you started.
John Sindelar
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