Default Value for Radio Button

[Christian Meissner]

Hi Group,

im new in filemaker and i try to change an current layout. there are some
radio buttons which should have a default value. is there an easy way to
meet my needs.

i had tryed an script but im not so skilled in filemaker scripting (im an
perl monger *smile*).

Here my try:

if["IsEmpty(Neu)"]
set Field["Neu","ValueListItems(Neu;"Yes/No")"]
End If

thanks for helping

btw: google dont give me an answer

cu chris

[Christian Meissner]

ok, i had have found a solution, but now i will bind the script on an

layout. so that the field 'neu' will automatically set if i go to an dataset

wich had no value in field 'neu'.

thx

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[Ursus]

Christian,

You are not going in the right direction. A calculated field can't be
changed. Go to the field definition. Choose your field <Neu> [textfield],
click the options button. You get a new window [options for the field
"Neu"]. Click the box next to the word [Data] en type the value you want
into the textbox on the right side. ["No"]. please use the ". For each new
record you create the value will default to no, and you can change it when
needed.

I hope this is what you want.

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[Batfastad]

Christian Meissner wrote:

> Hi Group,
>
> im new in filemaker and i try to change an current layout. there are
> some radio buttons which should have a default value. is there an
> easy way to meet my needs.
>
> i had tryed an script but im not so skilled in filemaker scripting

> (im an perl monger smile).

>
> Here my try:
>
> if["IsEmpty(Neu)"]
> set Field["Neu","ValueListItems(Neu;"Yes/No")"]
> End If
>
> thanks for helping
>
> btw: google dont give me an answer
>
> cu chris

You're almost there...
What I would do is...

If[IsEmpty(Neu)]
Set Field[Neu,"default value"]
End If

Where "default value" is the value from the value list you want to be
the default, in your case I think either "Yes" or "No"

Someone else may some other suggestions that I don't know about but
that's how I'd do it.

Thanks

Batfastad

[Howard Schlossberg]

If you want the radio button value to fill in automatically as soon as
you create a new record, just go into the field definitions. You can
use the auto-enter options there to set a default value. If you want
the default value to be 'No', then just mark thye 'data' option and type
in the word 'No'.

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