I have a default form (PR) checked, Include in menu, Create Menu. I have a number of views where I use the View Form Formula to display in a different form (read-only). In a Notes client, if the user has selected one of those views, or has opened a doc from that view, when they try to create a new doc from the menu, Create PR form, the form displayed is the read-only form. I created an Agent to “Compose” a new form from the Action menu and it exhibits the same behavior.
Any ideas how to fix this?
TIA,
Dennis
Subject: Create form using alternate form
A better Form Formula would do the trick – one that uses @IsDocBeingEdited and/or @IsNewDoc.
Subject: RE: Create form using alternate form
When I said, “I created an Agent to ‘Compose’ a new form from the Action menu and it exhibits the same behavior”, this is called from the menu, Actions.
If I am in a view which does not use Form Formula, from the menu, Create PR form, displays the correct form.
Subject: RE: Create form using alternate form
Yes, and that’s because the Form Formula is in effect for ALL documents while the view is still open. Trust me, everyody who has used a Form Formula has run into this little brouhaha – and a more sophisticated Form Formula, one that allows for circumstances like composing a new form, is the answer you are looking for.