adding a operator to an script for a criteria find

[oilman]

I am writing in FM4.0v1 a continuity welders log. Each welder may be qualify in five different processes. Each file will have five qualifying dates and five requalifying dates. I have a layout for enter the criteria day and a find script attached to a button. The criteria date field is a global field and I have use the the set field to enter this date in the other five requalifying fields. The problems is that I cannot figure out how to enter an operator into the criteria field in a script. Cannot enter it manual neither with the script running. Also I have made a list layout to view the records found. This view will show all of the dates. I want to see only the dates that match the criteria. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Lionel

[neile]

In the 'set field' script step, insert your operator (between quotes) and an ampersand before the global field. ie:

">=" & Global Date

Once the script performs the find, only those records matching the criteria will be displayed.

[Fitch]

When performing a Find with a script, Set Field cannot be used to put operators into a date field. Instead, with FileMaker 4, you would use:

Paste Result (Date, " > " & DateToText(Date))

FileMaker 5 has changed this to Insert Calculated Result ( ).

[oilman]

thanks for the information fellows