Text to Date

[partsgb.martinw]

I am trying to do the following

If text is entered into a field. I am tryinging to make another field update itself with a todays date.

Please help...........

[Louisa]

Hi,

Here's a couple of suggestions. You weren't exactly clear on what was being entered so they may be not quite what you want!

1. If what the user is entering into the field is today's date, then set the other field to a calculation of Today.

2. It sounds like you might want to execute a script conditional upon activation of the field being typed into by the user. This is more complicated because FMP doesn't allow this kind of activation of scripts though you can purchase plug-ins which will allow this, like Script Scheduler from www.wmotion.com.

3. Another option, a bit simpler is to set the date field to be the modification date so that as soon as the record is altered in any way the current date is entered. This only works, however, if the field into which the user is entering information is the only thing being altered.

Hope something here triggers some ideas! Good luck,

Louisa