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In article <1992Dec29.215005.11023@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mwgordon@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Gordon) writes:

> Is there any way to pop up a do-it-yourself dialog box in FMP2.0?  
>I have a script that will only work correctly if the user selects a record to
>start from (in a view as list type of layout) before running the script.
>I'd like to put a message like "select a line to start from and push the OK 
>button" at the begining of the script.   
>Because the script does a find / relookup, the results would be ugly if 
>it occured on the wrong (older) records.

Directly, no, there's no way.  In FileMaker Pro 2.0, you can, however, set
up a layout that displays your message in the Body, with no fields on the
layout, and specify that FileMaker Pro go to that layout upon startup (in
the preferences).  I usually place a button on that layout that sends people
into Find mode, or, maybe in your case, into a layout that's being Viewed as
List. 

> Also, thanks to Nick and Laurie for their assistance on my previous 
>question.

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out so many times before...

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