Difficulty displaying lookups in filemaker 5.5

[honkanen]

Hi,
Thanks in advance for any useful help.

I have been trying to display values from a related file on a master file in a lookup field. I have defined the relationship between the two files, and have defined the lookup field as described in the users manual. The field always comes up empty. I then tried to display the field using a relational database, and there was no problem (the relationship was defined in the exact same manner, therefore, I believe the relationship was defined correctly). Why does the lookup not display any information and just present as a blank field? How can I get around this? What am I missing?

Thanks,
Rob.

 

[Schlogg]

Rob,
Can you be a bit more specific?
Just how have you defined your lookup field?
Paul Cheers,
Paul J.

 

[honkanen]

I am sorry for this very delayed response. I was a bit unsure how to use this type of site, and never appropriately followed up. I wound up eventually solving this problem - which in retrospect was pretty simple. I have posted my most recent problem in a new "thread". Thanks for your interest in this old request, and I would appreciate any help on the new one you might offer.

Rob.

 

[hannawell]

I'm new to fmpro and seem to be having the same problem
honkanen described. Honkanen, could you describe your
simple solution if you recall it?

Thx, Brian

 

[hannawell]

I found my problem. One of the fmpro books I have incorrectly says to select the "destination lookup field" prior to doing the lookup update (relookup). While this
seems like the intuitive thing to do, Fm-pro docs indicate the "match field" should be selected instead... that works.