Calculating the Number of Days

[DALLASTXPAT]

I need to add the number of days between today's date and somebody's hire date. Currently I have a field that is not shown on the layout named Current Date. The other field is named Hire Date. The field I want to display the number of days is called Days Employed. I have it set as a number field with a calculation. The calculation is

Current Date - Hire Date.

What I want is to not be able to change this value and have it perform the calculation. I am lost.

I am a newbie to this so please be nice.

[-Queue-]

Make it a calculation field with a number result, not a number field with an auto-enter calculation. It must be set as unstored in Storage Options ('do not store') and would probably be easiest to use Get(CurrentDate) instead of referencing a Current Date field, which must also be unstored in order to update.

[DALLASTXPAT]

Thanks. It worked. Is there not a function named Get(CurrentDate) in FMP7. I couldn't find it.

[-Queue-]

Look again. It's listed under the Get functions in the 'view' menu when defining the calculation. Or just type it in manually and it will resolve it.