While that field is somewhat safe, using it exposes it to greater
possibility of tinkering. Better, I think, to create a new text field
and use that.
Carl
Eric Johnson wrote:
>
> Good thoughts, Carl. This explanation of 'order of logical operations' (?)
> for FMPro is helpful for me.
>
> I'd like to add for interested folks that being able to mark a certain found
> set (for further narrowing of the query later) would be a handy skill. One
> could ADD a field to the particular file in question (names, payments, etc.)
> for just this purpose.
>
> There is a field (FoundSetKey) in NAMES_.102 already used by FMPro for this
> purpose when one uses the TRANSFER TO NAMES button on any of a number of
> layouts (in Payments, Notes, etc.). If one uses this field wisely, it could
> be handy for marking NAME records -- the only hassle would be if you tried
> to use one of the TRANSFER TO NAMES buttons in the middle of whatever you
> were doing. As I recall, when you TRANSFER TO NAMES, this field is updated
> with some kind of current date/time info for the found set in question, so
> careful use of the field for other purposes might not cause permanent
> pollution of the data ... in other words, whenever you use a TRANSFER TO
> NAMES button, this field is updated with current date & time, and then the
> script goes over to the NAMES_.102 file and queries the file for records
> with that date & time in that field. The next time, a different date/time
> is used for that found set, so maybe one could use it in the meantime?
>
> Maybe it'd be _cleaner_ to just add a field, though.
>
> -- Eric Johnson
> Colorado Environmental Coalition
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