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    <p>There are loads of ways to do it. This is a quick way to get it to work.</p> <p>Let's say you have two tables like this:</p> <pre><code>Contacts Events -------- -------- ContactID EventID FirstName EventDate LastName EventDetails </code></pre> <p>Create a new link table between them that also stores the extra RSVP information you want.</p> <pre><code>RSVP -------- fk_ContactID fk_EventID PaymentInfo </code></pre> <p>Create a FORM table</p> <pre><code>FORM -------- ContactSearch cContactMatch = Calculation, If(isEmpty(ContactSearch) ; "ALL" ; ContactSearch) EventSearch cEventMatch = Calculation, If(isEmpty(EventSearch) ; "ALL" ; EventSearch) </code></pre> <p>Add the following fields to the Contacts and Events tables:</p> <pre><code>Contacts -------- cMatchField = Calculation, Stored, (FirstName + NEWLINE + LastName + NEWLINE + ALL + NEWLINE + Firstname LastName) Events -------- cMatchField = Calculation, Stored, (EventDate + NEWLINE + EventDetails + NEWLINE + ALL) </code></pre> <p>This means that the cMatchField for Contacts will look something like this:</p> <pre><code>John Smith John Smith ALL </code></pre> <p>In the relationship diagram, connect the tables like this:</p> <pre><code>FORM -------- cContactMatch = CONTACTS/cMatchText cEventMatch = EVENTS/cMatchText </code></pre> <p>Create a layout called FORM based on the FORM table. </p> <p>Add the fields ContactSearch and EventSearch to the layout. Add the PaymentInfo field.</p> <p>Add two PORTALS to the layout, one for the Contacts table, one for the Events.</p> <p>By default you should see all the records in each of these portals.</p> <p>Write a script, or use a script trigger, that refreshes the layout whenever one of those search fields is Exited/Modified. This should refresh the portals and show you the related records you're interested in.</p> <p>Add a button to each row in the portals and call a script that sets a global variable to that portal rows ID.</p> <p>For example:</p> <pre><code>Script: Set Selected Contact ID Set Variable ($$ContactID ; Contacts::ContactID) Script Set Selected Event ID Set Variable ($$EventID ; Events::EventID) </code></pre> <p>Add another button to the layout and a new script.</p> <pre><code>Script: Create RSVP # Check that a contact and event have been selected If(isEmpty($$ContactID) or isEmpty($$EventID) Exit Script End If # Get the payment info that has been entered Set Variable ($PaymentInfo ; FORM::PaymentInfo) # Create the RSVP Link record Go To Layout(RSVP) Create New Record Set Field(fk_ContactID ; $$ContactID) Set Field(fk_EventID ; $$EventID) Set Field(PaymentInfo ; $PaymentInfo) Commit Records Go to Layout (Original Layout) # Clear the search fields Set Field(PaymentInfo; "") Set Field(ContactSearch; "") Set Field(EventSearch; "") Set Variable($$ContactID; "") Set Variable($$EventID; "") Commit Records Refresh Screen </code></pre> <p>Phew.</p> <p>And you should be back, ready to search for Contacts, Events, and "Submit" the form to create more RSVPs.</p> <p>FileMaker is fun, eh?</p>
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    1. COWhoa! I had hoped I'd be able to do it some 'simpler' way - the only reason I considered using FileMaker for this project was to avoid having to write code myself and instead be able to rely on some already stabilized and bug-cleaned software. If there is this much 'real programming' that has to be done, I might as well use a technology I'm familiar with. C# and MSSQL, here we go... =) But anyway, thanks a lot for your time and effort! You have now been rewarded! =)
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