# showformInDialog not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Classic Servoy\ **Created:** [July 10, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277 "2008-07-10T00:33:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidaarong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@davidaarong](https://forum.servoy.com/u/davidaarong)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/1 "2008-07-10T00:33:52Z")
I have a form displayed as a list view a button on the left side that launches the following method ```auto application.showFormInDialog(forms.popup_comment,-1,-1,-1,-1,'Comment',true,false,'Status Legend',true); ``` Which works But when I place this layout on a tab panel and click on the button to launch the method it will only show one record, no matter which row i click on. For example, if i first click on the first row (“indy”) below, the correct record will show (“indy”) in showFormInDialog. However, when i go to click on the 2nd row “star wars”, the showFormInDialog will launch and still show “indy”. Icon\_\_\_\_ID\_\_\_\_\_Commment \_x\_\_\_\_\_\_1\_\_\_\_\_\_\_indy \_x\_\_\_\_\_\_2\_\_\_\_\_\_\_star wars \_x\_\_\_\_\_\_3\_\_\_\_\_\_\_the empire strikes back any ideas? David Details: OS: Windows XP SP2 Servoy: Version 3.5.6-build 519 Main Layout is based on table: core\_rso\_emp TabPanel Layout is based on table: core\_rso\_comment Relationship based on the emplid column in main table (core\_rso\_emp) core\_rso\_emp to core\_rso\_comment emplid ---------\< emplid ---
**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/2 "2008-07-10T11:09:50Z")
does forms.popup\_comment has the same relation in it that the tab panel where you click on? forms.popup\_comment.controller.loadRecord(tabpanel.foundset) // show ---
**Author:** ![davidaarong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@davidaarong](https://forum.servoy.com/u/davidaarong)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/3 "2008-07-11T18:11:05Z")
Hi Johan, I don’t understand your question. I have a Form based on a comment table and an icon in one column that lauches a method with the following code: ```auto application.showFormInDialog(forms.popup_comment,-1,-1,-1,-1,'Comment',true,false,'Status Legend',true); ``` Which works. But when I place this form in a tab it doesn’t work. The tab shows the correct records that are related, but when i launch the method it doesn’t show the correct record in the showFormInDialog The relationship to actually place the tab on the other form is correct, since the correct related records are displayed. ---
**Author:** ![davidaarong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@davidaarong](https://forum.servoy.com/u/davidaarong)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/4 "2008-07-11T19:20:21Z")
Here is the screen shot of the form, from which the methdo works just fine: Here is the screen shot in which the same form is used in a tab panel, but notice which row is highlighted in the background and which record is actually shown in the dialog pop-up: ---
**Author:** ![kurtbleicken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c57346/32.png) [@kurtbleicken](https://forum.servoy.com/u/kurtbleicken)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/5 "2008-07-14T13:10:13Z")
One way to solve this is with an onAction method that loads that line item record’s primary key into a global. Then finds that record using the global, then shows the FID. This is pretty bombproof but there may be a more elegant solution. Hope this is helpful. K ---
**Author:** ![david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@david](https://forum.servoy.com/u/david)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/6 "2008-07-14T18:32:36Z")
What Johan is saying is that your tab panel form and form in dialog form need to share the same foundset to show the same records. Forms based on the same table share the same foundset unless: 1. when the source and/or destination form has the “useSeparateFoundSet” property checked 2. when the source and/or destination form is being viewed through a relationship In your case, one of your forms if viewed through a relationship (the tab panel one), and your form in dialog form is not. So you need to transfer the foundset from the tab panel form to your form in dialog form: forms.dialogFormName.controller.loadRecords(forms.tabFormName.foundset) ---
**Author:** ![davidaarong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@davidaarong](https://forum.servoy.com/u/davidaarong)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/7 "2008-07-14T23:57:33Z")
Hi David, Ok, so how exactly do i transfer the foundset to the tab panel? Main Form name is: **form\_RSO\_Customers\_Details** Relationship from Main form to tab is: **core\_rso\_emp\_to\_core\_rso\_comment** Tab panel form name is: **tab\_comments** The button that launches the method is on the form named **tab\_comments** ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/8 "2008-07-15T06:03:06Z")
forms.yourformname.controller.loadRecords(nameofyourfoundsetorrelationorwhatever). This is documented btw ![:)]( "Smile") ---
**Author:** ![davidaarong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@davidaarong](https://forum.servoy.com/u/davidaarong)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/9 "2008-07-15T19:45:50Z")
so yeah… i checked the manual and still can’t this to work correctly… here’s the code: > forms.form\_RSO\_Customers\_Details.core\_rso\_emp\_to\_core\_rso\_comment.loadRecords(foundset) > > application.showFormInDialog(forms.popup\_comment,-1,-1,-1,-1,‘Comment’,true,false,‘Comment’,true); -david ---
**Author:** ![IT2Be](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dc4da7/32.png) [@IT2Be](https://forum.servoy.com/u/IT2Be)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/10 "2008-07-15T21:00:41Z")
what is this: ore\_rso\_emp\_to\_core\_rso\_comment ? Is it a relation? When you want to load records into a form it should be: forms.form\_RSO\_Customers\_Details.ccontroller.loadRecords(foundset) ---
**Author:** ![jcompagner](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/jcompagner/32/4889_2.png) [@jcompagner](https://forum.servoy.com/u/jcompagner)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/11 "2008-07-17T12:04:09Z")
you are still seem to set it the wrong way around you are showing the form: forms.popup\_comment so what you should right before your show form code: forms.popup\_comment.controller.loadRecord(tabpanel.foundset) it seems that you try to do it the other way around… that tabpanel.foundset should then be the foundset/relation of that tabpanel that you want to see So if you are in the tabpanels itself where you do show dialog you can just do: forms.popup\_comment.controller.loadRecord(foundset) if you are somewhere else for example in the parent form of the tabpanel you should do something like this: forms.popup\_comment.controller.loadRecord(this\_is\_the\_tab\_relation) then do application.showFormInDialog(forms.popup\_comment,-1,-1,-1,-1,‘Comment’,true,false,‘Comment’,true); ---
**Author:** ![davidaarong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@davidaarong](https://forum.servoy.com/u/davidaarong)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/showformindialog-not-working/9277/12 "2008-07-18T22:33:13Z")
thanks for the replies, I got it to work with this: ```auto forms.popup_comment.controller.loadAllRecords(); forms.popup_comment.controller.find(); forms.popup_comment.core_rso_comment_id = core_rso_comment_id; forms.popup_comment.controller.search(); application.showFormInDialog(forms.popup_comment,-1,-1,-1,-1,'Comment',true,false,'Comment',true); ```