nelsonkh Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I am a beginner to using the Filemaker program, so forgive me if this is a simple question! I am in the process of developing a Filemaker database for our company (relatively small contracting company) and I have several requests from people who want me to add alerts that will warn them if they are making a change to an important field. I have a Filemaker manual and I understand the basics behind a Custom Dialog; but I am having trouble with the If statement. I basically want to say IF (Date Start) changes, Run Custom Dialog. Is there a calculation or tool I can use that will determine whether a date has changed up or down? Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldipalo Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I believe you would need a Plug-IN like EventSript or ScriptFire to accomplish this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Not if you reverse the order: Untitled.fp7.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsonkh Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean by "reverse the order". I tried looking at the script steps but was not able to. Can you explain further? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybaudi Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 ... or even without a script. Untitled2.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I meant instead of letting them change the field, THEN warning them - warn them FIRST. Why can't you see the script steps? Nice one, Daniele. But I wouldn't go that way. What if there are other fields on the layout that were modified (but not committed)? The only way to cancel is to revert the ENTIRE record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybaudi Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 ... But I wouldn't go that way... Neither I : It was only a joke, I dislike the custom message coming from validation...and your objection is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Not if you reverse the order: Thanks for posting comment i am really learning by these little examples. :smile2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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