CompuServe Messages

Russ, I'm not employed with Precision, but I have been mucking about with Superbase for a few years on the Amiga. I don't think multifield indices are 'aware' of anything other than the first entry in the field. I say this because I've never been able to get the report generator in Superbase to recognize the existence of entries 'above' the first one. So far as popup lists are concerned, have you tried requestor type 20? It's syntax is REQUEST "Line1","Line2",20,Resp%,TargetField,len%,Field2, Field3,Field4. Line1 and Line2 are explanatory text. Resp% holds the response code (1=OKAY clicked, or a selection double clicked, 0=CANCEL clicked), TargetField (which can also be a variable) is where the result gets put, Field2 is what you pick and Field3 and Field4 are additional fields from the same file as Field2 which let you 'explain' the Field2 values. I use this type of request a lot when I want to make pick lists. One thing that's not terribly clear in the manuals: once the requester appears, you can enter a partial key values in the entry box, hit return, and have the requestor move the pick list to the nearest matching key value. – Mark