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I have a problem with the filter resources, i have currently 80+ resources and the check box frame does not scroll, is there a way of scrolling this without having to modify the layout?

Hi there,

FileMaker's checkbox fields don't scroll, unfortunately. You might think about showing the same field several times (possibly on different tabs within the resources tab), each with its own value list containing a different subset of your resources. So you may want to keep the Resources value list with all 80 resources, but create 3 or 4 other value lists each with some segment of your resources and show those to users. This is especially nice if your resources naturally come in a few different types.

You can even get creative and put new buttons on these partial lists that say "select all". Clicking this would check or uncheck all of a subset of resources.

For example, if you has a value list named "Dump Trucks" (and other value lists with other truck types) you could set the filter field to

ValueListItems ( get ( FileName ) ; "Dump Trucks" )

to select all of them. To remove all of them you'll need a custom function like Zap Values which removes the contents of list a from list b. List A in this case would be


ValueListItems ( get ( FileName ) ; "Dump Trucks" )

were "list b" would be your filter field, which may have other resources selected in it besides your subset of dump trucks. Hope that helps.

John

Thanks John,

I think this is something i will look at doing at a later date, for now i have reduced the font and stretched the check box field to fit in the two layouts.

Thanks for your help