On Mar 29, 2006, at 12:18 PM, Gary (Lists) wrote:

> "Mark Lively" wrote:
>
>> In lower versions it was
>>
>> get cell "table::address" of current record
>>
>> A quick test-a-roni and it seems to work in 8.
>>
>> FMP people did a great job in a script from 3 working in 8.  As with
>> earlier version the field must be visible on the layout.
>
> Mark, does 'layout 0' still work in FM8?
> (I weened myself from FM at FM 7.x)
>
> This was a way to set data/make records without the field needing  
> to be
> present on the physical layout.  I thought I read it "went away"
> (officially) but was really "still there" (in AS).
>
Its there but it only seems to have the all the fields in the first  
table made.

Usually I either did an import of data to populate the database or I  
used complex ugly calculations, or made a custom import layout with  
the germane fields.

-Mark
Who was late to the whole layout 0 game.