curiosity - do you know about Field Formats, and/or the options in
Define Fields - not meaning to insult, but an answer to your question
would have been obvious from a check in those areas
Walt Daniels wrote:
> The Date Added fields in the date base are autoenter fields with today's
> date. If you want to use some other date in a field and enter it yourself
> then just put in a new field called Date Something that does not have any
> other properties associated with it.
>
> Small warning: Data entry people frequently fail to enter date fields like
> that. You can make it a required entry to force them to enter a date but
> typing dates is slow (and at least I never know what today's date is).
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sarah Standiford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 1:31 PM
>> To: TechRocks Support
>> Subject: [support] Date Added
>>
>>
>> I have attempted to customize our database by copying the "Added:
>> Date" from
>> the Profile file and pasting it on the layout of the Activist Screen
>>
>> However, when I complete the paste, I have the object on the Activist
>> screen, but I am unable to enter data into it (I get an error message.
>> Something like "This field is not changeable".) Any thoughts on how I can
>> make the Added: date field work on other screens?
>>
>> Thanks Again
>> Sarah Standiford
>> Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
>
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