Cannot add new items to a value list in AW database

Question

I have a database which I have been using for many years. One of the fields is a value list. I just went to add another item to the list, and no matter what I do, the Create button is grayed out. I have another value list in the same database that works fine.
There are currently 170 items in the value list that is causin the problem, but I didn't think that there was a limit to the number of items that can be is a value list. (At least there is nothing in the AW technical specifications to indicate thin. I duplicated the existing database, deleted about 20 items from the list, then saved the file, and reopened it, and still cannot add new items to that value list. Does anyone know what might be causing the problem?

Answer 1

Oops
I read too fast.
Here is a short script which may help.
Replace the pop-up item by a text one and edit the property myList in my script to fit your needs.
Select the field to fill and run the script.
Then choose an item in the displaid list. It will be pasted in the selected field.
This trick would give you to work with a "no limit" list of items.
-- [SCRIPT DB fillFieldFromAlist ]
Assuming that
the front document is a database one
and that a text field is selected,
run the script to select an item in a list
and paste it in the field.
Yvan KOENIG, Vallauris (FRANCE)
le 19 mars 2007
property MyList : {"item 1", ¬
"item 2", ¬
"item 3", ¬
"item 4", ¬
"item 5", ¬
"item 6", ¬
"item 7", ¬
"item 8", ¬
(* edit the list to fit your needs *)
tell application "AppleWorks 6"
activate
tell document 1
set laClasse to (get class of selection)
if laClasse is not field then return (* the selection is not a field *)
set myItem to choose from list MyList
if myItem is false then return
set the clipboard to myItem's item 1
select menu item 7 of menu 3 (*
Tout sélectionner •• Select All *)
paste
end tell -- document 1
end tell -- AppleWorks
-- [/SCRIPT]
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE lundi 19 mars 2007 16:44:53)