Question about repeating date fields

[danny]

I'm wondering if it is possible to have a repeating date field and have it calculate dates based on the value from another field.

Basically I want to have the repeating date field create a schedule based upon the start date of a treatment. so if the start date is 1/1/2000 then 15 dates are calulated in one repeating date field. make sense? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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thanks again

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[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by danny:

I'm wondering if it is possible to have a repeating date field and have it calculate dates based on the value from another field.

Basically I want to have the repeating date field create a schedule based upon the start date of a treatment. so if the start date is 1/1/2000 then 15 dates are calulated in one repeating date field. make sense? Any help is greatly appreciated.

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You can do it via a script. With 15 Set Fields.

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[danny]

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Originally posted by captkurt:

You can do it via a script. With 15 Set Fields.

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Thanks. Can it be done without defining set fields?

[danjacoby]

You're not defining "set fields", you'd be creating a script which sets each repetition to a date based on the first repetition.

Frankly (and I'm surprised Kurt didn't mention this), repeating fields are generally a pain in the neck, and you'd probably be better off with either a relationship setup or with different date fields (with the dates calculated based on the "StartDate" field), just because it's more flexible that way.

I know, it gets more complex at first, but really, you'll thank yourself down the road.

Dan

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by danjacoby:

You're not defining "set fields", you'd be creating a script which sets each repetition to a date based on the first repetition.

Frankly (and I'm surprised Kurt didn't mention this), repeating fields are generally a pain in the neck,

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I would have mentioned this (I cannot stand to use repeating fields) but I forgot!

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Senior Filemaker Developer

http://www.database-resources.com

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[Mr Nic]

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Originally posted by danjacoby:

You're not defining "set fields", you'd be creating a script which sets each repetition to a date based on the first repetition.

Frankly (and I'm surprised Kurt didn't mention this), repeating fields are generally a pain in the neck, and you'd probably be better off with either a relationship setup or with different date fields (with the dates calculated based on the "StartDate" field), just because it's more flexible that way.

I know, it gets more complex at first, but really, you'll thank yourself down the road.

Dan

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Could you elaborate here a bit more my attempts at getting similar secenario to work have failed to date.

I'm trying to create an open modification history based uppon modified dates and a seperate record Id.