Hello Missy,
>I somehow want my solution to be (1a) and (2b) but I am unable to figure out how to get these to work at the same time. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
In my FP 2.6 days (it was about half of year ago ;), I used to do what you want
by creating screen for add/edit data where records was added ONLY after
validation by business logic (silly me, I used to bury it in UI objects like
push button). By this way you'll be able to create any complicated add/edit
scenarios. Really, I used one screen for editing/adding (just passed the
parameter that indicates the mode) It worked and works just fine...
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