Set Variable - format as date

[gac_100]

Hi

I am trying to use Set Variable to capture a date.

Then I want to take that date, add one day to it and perform a find for a date range.

 

My script looks like this

 

Set Variable [$$Inv_date; Value:Inventory_Date::LastUpdate]

Enter Find Mode

Set Field [Date; ($$Inv_date)+1 &"..."& g_search_date]

Perform Find

 

It works some of the time but not consistently and I think the problem is that when I defined the variable it says "calculation result must be text"

How do I get it to say "calculation result must be date"?

 

Thanks in advance

[Fitch]

Variables don't let you choose a result type. There has been some discussion of how they behave under the hood -- sometimes they seem to retain their data type, but it's not always clear why.

 

You might try adding the +1 when you set the variable, and/or do this:

Set Field [Date; GetAsDate($$Inv_date)+1 &"..."& g_search_date]

[gac_100]

Thanks Fitch!

Moved the +1 to the variable definition and it seems to be working