Newbies mediteer Posted July 25, 2007 Newbies Share Posted July 25, 2007 Simple question--I want a specific field to 'auto enter' the current date every time the file is opened. Can someone help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbg2 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Create a script to Set Field[g_MyCurrentDateField; Get(CurrentDate)]. A global field sounds like the way to go here. Then set the script to run when the file is opened. File>File Options Open/Close tab Check the Perform Script box under "when opening this file" and then select your new script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies mediteer Posted July 25, 2007 Author Newbies Share Posted July 25, 2007 thanks very much, that works for the current record being viewed at the time the entire file is opened, however all the other records in the file have not been auto-updated. Any way to do this so all the records in the file are updated also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Phil Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 As sbg2 suggested, make the field a global. That way the same value will apply to all records. How do you make it a global? define database>fields>select field>options>storage Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies mediteer Posted July 25, 2007 Author Newbies Share Posted July 25, 2007 Incredible!! Both of you are amazing. Thanks so much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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