Been using tapforms daily for the last year as my warehouse database software. I have built my own custom layouts and so far everything has been good.
As I am progressing in logging inventory, I’m finding that I have way too many fields per page. Some might only need info for 2 or 3 pallets, while others need 20 or 30 fields.
Was wondering if there is a way to set-up a table that allows you to keep the footprint small, but expand on an as needed basis. I know filemaker does this, but we are a small company and the investment of time and finances is out of reach for us now.
Below is a screen shot of filemaker and of what I am currently doing. Not sure if I’m wording this correctly so I figured the photos would help.
Thanks
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Hi James,
In Tap Forms you could accomplish something like that using a Link to Form field. Basically you would have a separate form which contains just the few fields which compromise the repeated data that you want to capture. Then on your main form you would add a Link to Form field that links to that separate form. Then you could click on the + button beneath the table of linked records to create new entries.
See the chapter in the online user manual on Relationships.
http://www.manula.com/manuals/tap-zapp/tap-forms-mac/3/en/topic/relationships
Thanks!
Brendan
Thanks Brendan
Thought about that, and pardon my ignorance, but say I have 1000 pallets in my warehouse and each pallet has 2 pieces on it, does that mean I willow now have 2000 entries?
Or does a linked form just act as a template for the field?
A Linked Form is just a way of connecting one form to another. Each form has its own set of fields. So linking one form to another will give you a table of fields that represent the records from the form you’re linking to.
I guess it depends on how you setup your data. If the 2 pieces per pallet are just copies of the same thing maybe you can just have a Quantity field that says how many of that thing you have on the pallet. Then you would only need to have 1000 records.
Thanks Brendan
Been re-working this today and it will work just fine.
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