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 [log in to unmask] 816.802.3395 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 >> >