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- From: mwgordon@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Gordon)
- Subject: Re: Auto-modification date in FM
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.211421.5481@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 21:14:21 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.203119.10597@Newbridge.COM> jeffl@Newbridge.COM (Jeff Laks - qmail) writes:
- >In our db, we have defined one of the fields as an auto-entry field for
- >the modification date. So, everytime I change the data in a record, the
- >date will change to reflect this. The problem arises when we do a
- >'relookup' - we have two dbs linked, and if you do a relookup, it obviously
- >does a comparison search on every single record and therefore updates the
- >modification date for every single record!
-
-
- Jeff,
-
- Add a serial number field to your database and tell your script to find
- the current recor before you issue your relookup command. Then do a Find All
- to get back to all your records.
-
- Here's the script:
-
-
- Copy Serial_Number
- Select entire contents
-
- Enter Find Mode
-
- Paste Serial_Number
- Select Entire Contents
-
- Relookup
- Perform Without Dialog
-
- Find All
-
-
- Oh, one other thing. You have to put the serial number field in the
- layout that you'll be doing the search from. I set mine to a 1 point yellow
- typeface (yellow doesn't show on the B/W monitors) and make it non-printing,
- delete it from the tab order, and push it off the right side of the screen.
- This makes it more-or-less invisible to the user.
-
- Mike Gordon N9LOI mwgordon@nyx.cs.du.edu
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