here is the script

Close["CustomerInfo Converted.fp5"]

Copy [select, "one"]

Paste [select"Alibris_Order_Num"]

Perform Find[]

Why wont it copy and paste that info?:??

Check that the fields you want the copy/paste to work on are currently in the layout where the script is doing the copy/paste stuff.

And try to fotget about copy/paste and use setfield instead....

By chance is CustomerInfo Converted.fp5 the file where the "one" and "Alibris_Order_Num" reside that you are copy and pasting?

Also, Ugo is dead on right. Use the Set Field instead of Copy Paste,

Also, you should go into Find before you paste (or set field)

HTH

Lee

that worked. thanks

field "one" is my only global field shown as a number. if i set it to "" it shows a zero. so i kept it a global but changed the option from number to text and it still shows zero. how can i delete everythin in that field. clear isnt working either.

A global field will only show the information in the field in the formated that you have choose it to show (i.e., if it is text, text, a number, number, container, container, etc.).

Is your global field a calculation? It sure sounds like it is acting like it. To clear a regular global, all you have to do is to "select" the information in the field and "Delete it".

HTH

Lee

You're closing the file *before* copying/pasting, so there is no file to act upon