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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I have two databases that I would like to link.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>I would like the content of field v12 of database A be selected from a list fed by the content of field v10 of database B’s records.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Therefore, I entered the relevant options (according to me) from the database definition interface. The related line in the fdt of db A is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="mailto:F|12|Name|0|0|||S|||D|dbB|TI=|@name.pft|||0||0|1|||">F|12|Name|0|0|||S|||D|dbB|TI=|@name.pft|||0||0|1|||</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This line indicates that the data entry type is</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Single Selection (S), that the selection type is D (Data base), that the source db is dbB, that the terms with the prefix TI= should be read, displayed and transferred according to the specifications in the format @name.pft<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> In the data entry interface, I could open the pop-up window (in relation with the field 12) where the DBB dictionary terms appear correctly. But what I would like to get is the appearance of the dictionary terms in a HTML single selection list (as the option title suggests) and not in a pop-window.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I would like to underline that the option works normally if the source is a file instead of a database. Because the file option is static and on the opposite the db one is dynamic, the relevant data source in my case is a database.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Has someone encountered this case yet ? And how it is solved ? Or the database option case is not compliant with the selection data entry type ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you for,your help.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'>=============<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'>Eustache Mêgnigbêto<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'>09 BP 477 Saint Michel, Cotonou<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'>Tél. (+229) 95910242 – (+229) 21147935<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'>République du Bénin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://eustachem.ilemi.net/"><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'>http://eustachem.ilemi.net</span></a><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:FR'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>