A common request for a long time has been the ability to update a Text List or Matrix object as data is edited. In particular, I know that @CooperT has really really wanted this. Tom has been such a dedicated beta tester that I put this on special request for him. This turned out to be quite a brain teaser, in fact after several hours of work I gave up. But after a break, I decided to give it one last shot, and finally made the breakthrough. Even better, there’s no special setup or programming needed – it just works (for both Text List and Matrix objects).
Here’s a little video example of this in action. This form is simply a Text List and 5 Text Editor objects. There is zero code. Watch closely, as new text is entered, the list updates. This even works if you enter the text into the data sheet.
If you look closely you’ll notice that this is a shared database – this new feature works with both single user and shared databases. This new behavior will be in the b17 beta release, which is getting close to release.