Go to Related Record
• Get related record from lets you select the source relationship from a list of tables in the current database. If the table is not in the list or if you need to add or change a relationship, Manage Database displays the Manage Database dialog box, where you can create or edit relationships.
• Show record using layout lets you choose a layout in the current file that will be used to display the related record(s).
• Use external table’s layouts opens the file containing the external table you specify and lets you choose a layout from that file in which to display the related record(s). This option is only available if the source relationship you selected references a table in another file.
• Show in new window allows you to show the related records in a new window and lets you specify the settings for the new window. For more information, see New Window script step.Tip To bring the new window with the related record(s) to the front automatically, add the Select Window script step.
• Specify lets you edit the settings you have previously chosen for the new window.
• Show only related records creates a new found set in the related table with the options either to match the current record or to match the entire found set. The first record in the found set becomes the current record. (If you don’t select this option, Go to Related Record makes the first record in the table’s unsorted order the current record.)
• Match current record only creates a new found set in the related table containing a set of records that match the current record. For example, if there are three records in the related invoice table that match the customer record in the customer table you are currently viewing, and you want to see all three invoices, use Match current record only to display the three invoices.
• Match all records in the current found set creates a new found set in the related table that matches all records in the current found set. For example, if you have a found set of ten customers and there are forty invoices in the invoice table that match any of these ten customers, use Match all records in the current found set to display the forty matching invoices. If you don’t define a sort order, the found set will be unsorted.
Tip If the related records cannot be found, this script step returns an error code which can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.This script step also works with portal rows. If this script step is used from an active portal row, and the portal’s table is the related table, then the related record in that table is made current. If the portal’s table is not the related table, the first related record in the found set is made current.
• If there are no related records or no record in the active portal row, the script might produce unexpected results. Use the IsEmpty function to determine if there are no related records before using Go to Related Record.
• If you have Allow creation of related records enabled and Go to Related Record is executed from an empty portal row, the script might produce unintended results.