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Painful auto-enter calculation using global fields

Ugo DI LUCA
in Calculation Engine (Define Fields)

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Following my last 2 posts from another thread ( CaptKurt Unique_ID , I wondered if there was an issue for this.

I want a record to be auto-entered using a global field in the calc string. I found that the method profuced unexpected results, except if the global was referenced from a relationship.

1. Is this a known problem ?

2. Is there a problem to involve such a method?

1. only with your specific database

2 not at all

recover your database. it's corrupted.

see attachment

ugo.zip

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******* right from wha I can see with a test I've just made with a new file. I'll check back the given file tonight. Strange, it's a totally new file, just created with some new templates, hardly no records except the auto-enter and the calc...

Thanks Christian. I prefer this answer...

- changed my post & did a test file myself just to check.

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Christian,

Thanks for your time.

I did a test on my file, recovered it. Works properly now.

Corruption confirmed.

Strange though that it worked when used with a constant relationship !

I had never used such a method first, but had the feeling it would have been useful. I was really stumped about why it wasn't working as expected.

Thanks again.

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Well,

It wasn't corrupted.

The calc was :

Right( "00000" & Status(Status (CurrentRecord), 4)) & global & ....

Sorry about the time lost on this.

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