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I'm new the IBS and trying to determine / figure out if I can have a child table linked to a custom table. An example would be an equipment list linked to a company that contains a sub table containing various serial numbers for the equipment. Each piece of equipment can have multiple serial numbers.
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Same problem - I'm evaluating Impact and I cannot find a way to make a custom table that is a "child" of another custom table. The product blurb mentions child tables but apart from the obvious attachment of a custom table to one or more of the standard ACT tables there's nothing.
I have set up a custom table of Equipment, attached to Contacts. Now I need a Service table to be attached to/child of Equipment. Without the ability to do that unfortunately Impact will have little impact on our requirements and we won't take the trial any further.
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Wandering around this forum I found the following in a response to a query about documentation for the Report module:
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For Impact - Custom Table Modules follow these instructions:
To add a child table onto the 'parent' data-entry form follow these steps:
1) Open the 'parent' form in the designer.
2) From the Controls drop down in the upper left select "List - Child Tables"
3) From the child table list drag your desired table onto the designer.
The system will create all the necessary parent/child relations under the hood. No need to do any coding or other manipulation.
Once it is on the designer you can move and re size.
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Don't know if that's our answer, but I'll try it tomorrow.
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Quote:Once it is on the designer you can move and re size. should read "move and resize and absolutely nothing else of any use". This is my third time trying these add-ons and my last. Its too hard to make anything work and the doc is useless, when it doesn't just send you to a 404.
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Here is the link to the "Adding a child table" help topic: http://durkincomputing.com/HelpConsole2010/ImpactSuite/default.aspx?pageid=adding_a_child_tableI did not understand "should read "move and resize and absolutely nothing else of any use"."Can you explain in more details?
Jim Durkin
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