August 4, 200421 yr Anyone care to take a swing at this: What is the difference between a Text Field which has a specified Auto-Enter Calculation and a Calculation Field with a specified text calculation? When would one or the other be of better use? Ps. No there is no punch line.
August 4, 200421 yr In versions below 7, an auto-enter calculation evaluates when a record is created and never thereafter. A calculation field will re-evaluate whenever referenced fields are modified.
August 4, 200421 yr Author Cool. Thanks, Queue. So, do you mean to suggest that in version 7, auto-enter calcs "re-evaluate whenever referenced fields are modified"?
August 4, 200421 yr If the 'Do not replace existing value for field' checkbox is deselected, then yes.
August 5, 200421 yr Minor update. An auto-enter calculation can be updated by doing a relookup on one of the fields in the calc. This can be very useful to handle typos when a record is first created.
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