Creating New Record with New Serial #

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by JLPSch:

I am updating an order program I wrote to include a function to process backorders. I would like to write a script to create a new record to process a backorder, but I'm stuck on how to create the new order no. for the backorder. It has to be combination of the original order number with a -001 to it. I also have to be able to process another backorder off the first backorder and assign it a new order number. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Start by changing the "Order Number" to a text field. Then simply append "-001" to the end of the field. You can use any method you like for determining what numnber "-001", "-002", etc.

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Kurt Knippel

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[JLPSch]

I am updating an order program I wrote to include a function to process backorders. I would like to write a script to create a new record to process a backorder, but I'm stuck on how to create the new order no. for the backorder. It has to be combination of the original order number with a -001 to it. I also have to be able to process another backorder off the first backorder and assign it a new order number. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!