Add this to the mystery. If I open up my newly converted FMP 11 file
in 8.5 -- all the lists work???? Is this a bug in 11?
Deb

Deborah Tinsley
Visual Resources
Kansas City Art Institute
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Deborah Tinsley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> More info:
>
> The drop down list that works does not use a linking file.
> The Author and Site field, the drop down lists that do not work, use a
> linking file. Everything works except typing in the first few letters
> and having the drop down list go to those letters.
> When I switched the position of the two fields in my values list so
> the Serial Number showed and the text name was in the second field, it
> worked fine, but the whole point was to be able to type in the artist
> name and have the SN automatically entered. i.e. when I type Pic and
> get Picasso, that enters the SN #1234567.
>
> It has been so long since I created these fields, I'm a little unclear
> how they all work together. Guess I need to diagram that. I keep
> hoping it's something simple I just don't know about 11. Any ideas out
> there?
>
> It's just so frustrating that it work in 8.5 and doesn't work in 11.
> Also, did not realize that 11 would automatically translate all my old
> 8.5 files without asking to convert them.
>
> Deb
>
> Deborah Tinsley
> Visual Resources
> Kansas City Art Institute
> [log in to unmask]
> 816.802.3395
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Deborah Tinsley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I just upgraded from FMP 8.5 Advanced to FMP 11.04 Advanced. I'm using
>> a Mac with OS 10.5.8.
>> I've been using this database for years. I have several fields that
>> are drop down boxes using Values Lists that used values from other
>> fields. In my old solution everything worked well. I would enter the
>> field, the list would drop down. I could enter the first 3 or 4
>> letters from the name (an artist's list). It would match the name. I'd
>> press enter and the serial number for the artist would appear, and the
>> name would appear in a related field.
>>
>> Now, all of a sudden that doesn't work. Everything works except when I
>> enter the field, the list drops down but when I type the first few
>> letters, nothing happens. It does not find the matching letters.
>>
>> Let's see what have I tried: everything! There are some new terms I
>> don't quite understand when I looked at the help file.
>>
>> Here's another wrinkle. All my fields using the drop down feature with
>> related fields have stopped working - except one??? I can't see the
>> difference.
>> Is this too vague? I'm hoping there's just something simple I've overlooked.
>>
>> Deb
>>
>> Deborah Tinsley
>> Visual Resources
>> Kansas City Art Institute
>> [log in to unmask]
>> 816.802.3395
>>
>