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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Modes and button menus, future plans, if any Mar 24^th, 2010 at 5:47pm	Print Post
	Will the ability to have a form open in both Add and Update modes simultaneously with button menus enabled be reinstated in any future release? The need to do this is the only reason I haven't moved to the new button menu system.

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2482 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: Modes and button menus, future plans, if any Reply #1 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 6:11pm	Print Post
	Hello Infinity, You can have the form open in both modes using button menus. Open the form in Search mode first and then hit Ctrl+F6 to open Add. Button Menu's also allow you to have the same form open twice in search, in case you need to compare records or do a search for something real quick without losing the record you are looking at. -Ray

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The Cow YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 2530 Joined: Nov 22^nd, 2002	Re: Modes and button menus, future plans, if any Reply #2 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 6:24pm	Print Post
	You can also have both modes open on the same form by opening a form in search, then pressing the add mode button. Then, go back to the application button menu using the tabs at the bottom and opening the same form again, arriving in search/update mode.

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Modes and button menus, future plans, if any Reply #3 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 6:39pm	Print Post
	Quote: Button Menu's also allow you to have the same form open twice in search, in case you need to compare records or do a search for something real quick without losing the record you are looking at. How is that done?

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2482 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: Modes and button menus, future plans, if any Reply #4 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 7:06pm	Print Post
	There is an Open a New Tab button in Search/Update button menus

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Infinity Senior Member Members Offline Diagonally parked in a parallel dimension Posts: 1290 Location: Massachusetts Joined: May 27^th, 2005	Re: Modes and button menus, future plans, if any Reply #5 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 7:28pm	Print Post
	OK, that's super, thanks guys. I've figured all that out and it is a workable solution. It is a bit counter-intuitive that, using buttons only (no keyboard), you have to open Search first to get to Add, and then go back to the app menu to open Search again, in order to have both modes open. Seems like the long way around, and I'm not sure how it will fly with my users - almost all of whom keep both modes open for each of our three main forms-- but I'll give it a try. So now my question becomes, are there any plans to change or adapt this for the Ctrl+F6 function, maybe adding a button like "Add Records in New Tab" or somesuch? Or, even better, is there a way for Me to add such a button to the "Essential Commands" button menu (without re-creating the entire thing in a brand-new menu of my own)?

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Ray the Reaper Global Moderator Members Lantica Support Offline The One & The Only Posts: 2482 Joined: Aug 20^th, 2003	Re: Modes and button menus, future plans, if any Reply #6 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 8:34pm	Print Post
	Hello Infinity, If your users usually have both forms open at once why not open them both up from a command button on a menu form at the same time? example: Code var vTmp as Int vTmp = @SelectTreeItem(@Application + "!Forms!Add Data!Customers!Main Form") vTmp = @SelectTreeItem(@Application + "!Forms!Search/Update!Customers!Main Form") -Ray

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