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Bonus TIPS for Successful Posting

Try a Search First
It is highly recommended that a Search be done on your topic before posting, as many questions have been answered in prior posts. As with any search engine, the shorter the search term, the more "hits" will be returned, but the more specific the search term is, the greater the relevance of those "hits". Searching for "table" might well return every message on the board while "tablesum" would greatly restrict the number of messages returned.

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    #1

    Email Field

    Am I right to think that you can only use an Alpha Five Email Smart Field in a form, not in a browse table.
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    #2
    Re: Email Field

    I believe you are correct, but could you not use the OnRowDblClick browse event to call up the Alpha Email client??
    Mike
    __________________________________________
    It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
    It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
    Henry David Thoreau
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      #3
      Re: Email Field

      Thanks Mike, all the email stuff is new to me and I'm more of an A5 user than a Tech person, I will give that a go.

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        #4
        Re: Email Field

        Hi Judith,

        You could also just put the field in question on the form itself and set it to a smart field for the email.

        Good luck
        Cheryl
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          #5
          Re: Email Field

          Thanks Cheryl I have done that and it works well!

          I always feel frustrated there is so much to know on alpha 5 and I feel as if I know just the tip of the iceberg. Wish my boss would just let me hide away for a few months so I could really get my head around it all but thats unlikely. Thanks for your help.

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            #6
            Re: Email Field

            Hi Judith,

            Wish my boss would just let me hide away for a few months so I could really get my head around it all
            Good luck with that. Not only will it be difficult to get your boss to allow for that, I seriously doubt that a 'few months' would be enough time to really get your head around it all.

            I have been doing this longer than a few months and STILL get frustrated. I believe I can be doing this for 20+ years and will still find times where there is frustration.

            Alpha is a very powerful tool and I doubt any of us will ever fully know 'how to' do all the things that can be done.

            That is what this forum is for. When we get frustrated, we first take a walk or do whatever we need to in order to clear our head. We then look at the problem again and if we still can't find our answer, we start a thread.
            Cheryl
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              #7
              Re: Email Field

              Hi Cheryl,
              I don't know about you, but it seems like is always after I start the thread is when the fog clears! Perhaps typing out the problem is what brings the order my brain requires. :o
              Robin

              Discernment is not needed in things that differ, but in those things that appear to be the same. - Miles Sanford

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                #8
                Re: Email Field

                Hi Robin,

                I have solved many of my own problems during the process of preparing to post a new thread. When drafting what I want to say so that others can understand what I need, the answer is right there in what I am typing.

                I also find a lot of my answers when preparing sample db's to attach to my post and writing out the steps to duplicate the issue. This is all part of troubleshooting.

                I am sure you have seen many threads of mine (and others) where there is a lot of brainstorming going on. Somebody finally uses a key word or phrase, and voila, the light bulb turns on.

                This forum and those within this community are what make Alpha so great!
                Cheryl
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