Just use the option "Modify File Attributes" and enter "C" for the data type. You'll be prompted for a an expression (no X or Y needed) in a pop-up window. You can just use the field labels; for example, if you have numeric fields FIRST and SECOND and you want the computed field to be their sum, just enter FIRST+SECOND (and then be sure to specify that the computed field is numeric, rather than string valued, which is the default.)
--- Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I am setting up a simple file to track transcription > productivity numbers. > > I will have a field that holds the number of > characters were typed for a given event FIELD 1. > I want to have another field that calculates "lines", > which will be characters/60. So I created, in my new > file, a new field. I made it to be a calculated > field. It then asks me for the 'COMPUTED-FIELD' > EXPRESSION. I am guessing I need to put my M code > here. > > What I don't understand is whether I need to set Y or > X to some value? And how would I access the value in > field 1? > > Thanks > Kevin > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues > Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. > It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ===== A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
