Unknowingly, I discovered a bug which Peter Wayne confirmed. It occurs when you have a lookup&fill nested within a lookup&fill operation.
For example, I have an application that applies a formula to calculate a price for finished handmade jewelry. One of the sections allows for the selection of each of the raw materials from a pop-up list. If the item you wish to enter is not on the list, you can celect to enter the new raw material "on-the-fly". This brings up a "raw material" form. On this form, you are asked the name of the vendor of the item. It then brings up a pop-up list of vendors. If the vendor is not on the list, you are sent to an "enter vendor" form. So far, no problem.
However, after entering the new vendor for the new item, no matter what you do (select with mouse, hit enter, type-in ID#) the new vendor ID will NOT be allowed in the new raw material form. You can save the new raw material, but it will not have the vendor information saved with it.
So, now I need to find a way to enter a new raw material "on-the-fly" and potentially a new vendor "on-the-fly" AND have all the data saved.
I tried to place a button on the "price jewelry" form that would bring up the "enter raw material" form, but for some reason it brought up the application's main menu, instead. Peter informed Selwyn of the problem, but no news or suggestions have issued forth, as yet.
So, if anyone has encountered a similar problem (and has solved it), please let me know. All (I repeat, ALL) suggestions will be appreciated.
For example, I have an application that applies a formula to calculate a price for finished handmade jewelry. One of the sections allows for the selection of each of the raw materials from a pop-up list. If the item you wish to enter is not on the list, you can celect to enter the new raw material "on-the-fly". This brings up a "raw material" form. On this form, you are asked the name of the vendor of the item. It then brings up a pop-up list of vendors. If the vendor is not on the list, you are sent to an "enter vendor" form. So far, no problem.
However, after entering the new vendor for the new item, no matter what you do (select with mouse, hit enter, type-in ID#) the new vendor ID will NOT be allowed in the new raw material form. You can save the new raw material, but it will not have the vendor information saved with it.
So, now I need to find a way to enter a new raw material "on-the-fly" and potentially a new vendor "on-the-fly" AND have all the data saved.
I tried to place a button on the "price jewelry" form that would bring up the "enter raw material" form, but for some reason it brought up the application's main menu, instead. Peter informed Selwyn of the problem, but no news or suggestions have issued forth, as yet.
So, if anyone has encountered a similar problem (and has solved it), please let me know. All (I repeat, ALL) suggestions will be appreciated.
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