Creating dynamic buttons
By using scripts and calculations to evaluate the state of button fields, you can make dynamic buttons that change each time they are clicked.
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Create a field named Icons and choose Container type.
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Click Create.
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Select the Use global storage checkbox and type the number of button states for the Maximum number of repetitions, then click OK.
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Click OK.
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In Layout mode, add the Icons field to a layout.
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Click Inspector
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Tip To create a button that displays identically across all records, click the Storage tab and select Use global storage. Otherwise, each record will display its own button state.
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Click OK.
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For Specify target field, select the Buttons field.
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For Calculated result, write a Case function that evaluates each GetRepetition test expression for the icon number and increments the number by 1 (replacing the table name “icons” with the table in which you created the Icons field).
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In Layout mode, select the Buttons field.
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Click OK.
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