Robbydobbs Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Is there anyway to setup a field so that the default is a certain state like "CA", so that when you come to the field it is already populated with the state of "CA" and yet have the ability to change the default to any other state if needed and that state then would be the default. Example: Default state "CA" change default to "NY" now default will be NY until changed again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugo DI LUCA Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Hi, How are you today. This is an option from FM Define fields auto-enter - some data. One I like is to have a field auto-filled with "select" when that field is used in a value list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbydobbs Posted April 8, 2003 Author Share Posted April 8, 2003 I'm doing fine, thanks for asking. This is an option from FM Define fields auto-enter - some data. I'm a little confused. I see where the auto-enter is, when you say "some data" are you talking about the (data box). One I like is to have a field auto-filled with "select" when that field is used in a value list... The only way I know how to do the auto fill with select is using the set field option in a script. I don't know how to do the auto fill with a value list. I would appreciate it if you could go into more detail about this. Thanks as always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugo DI LUCA Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 In my french version, the big white box is called "donn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Smith Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Also, this will only work on new records created, not ones already in existence. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danjacoby Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Better idea -- create a global field, and have the state field auto-enter the contents of the global field. This way, simply by changing the global field, you can change the default setting of the state field in all new records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ugo DI LUCA Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Hi, Well, these kinds of default value fields should be used for fields that really needs to be filled anyway. If the record could not be CA, you should tab the user to that field anyway to validate or change it. Cause you'll get in trouble when you will search for empty records. The same is true for the "select" trick, that should be used only for those value lists that must be selected. Or you could search by empty record or record with "select" in it to have all "empty" records to show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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