Navigation buttons and my key field?

[Rod C]

I have a form that displays one record at a time. The user can scroll through the records with the canned navigation buttons.

I have a key field on the form that is simply a number. It looks just like the record number but obviously doesn’t match the record number. It confuses users.

Please give me your ideas on how to handle this.

I was thinking about creating my own next & previous record buttons and placing them on either side of a text box with the key number in it so that it looks like the canned navigation button group.

If you have an easier idea or something more robust any ideas are welcome, thanks.

 

[jwindon]

Rather than making custom navagation buttons, consider HIDING the record number field. Set its property to visible: no

 

[Rod C]

I looked at the navigation buttons property and the record number box in help but don’t see how to reference just the record number portion of this control to set it to visible no. Can you point me in the right direction?

 

[jwindon]

You stated the problem was that the viewers were being confused by the record number showing and the key field number showing. MY suggestion addresses that issue alone. It does not lead you to hide the navigation bar. If you want to go this route, then I would hide the navagation bar and create custom navigation buttons as you considered.

[This message has been edited by jwindon (edited 03-19-2002).]